Corduroy Dress

One of the things that people often associate with women is a love for clothes. While it is true that many women have greater interests than their wardrobes and prefer not to waste time thinking about what they are going to wear the next day or for the upcoming party, other women take great pleasure in this activity.

A very popular item of clothing for women is the dress. With winter approaching, the need for warmer pieces of clothing is in high demand, and with this demand comes a solution: the corduroy dress.

Corduroy is a particular type of fabric that is made from many twisted fibers that lie parallel to each other when they are woven into the fabric itself. This pattern looks very similar to a cord, which is where the fabric gets its name. It is quite similar to the look and feel of velvet, but with raised ridges going vertically up and down the fabric.

Corduroy is typically made from cotton; however, it can be also made from wool fibers as well. Because of the thickness of the fabric that results from cording the fibers together, corduroy is usually regarded as a more cold-weather fabric as opposed to one that would be worn in the spring and summer months. As a result, corduroy makes a great fabric from which to make a winter dress.

Corduroy dresses (sometimes abbreviated as 'cord dress') are often made from dark-colored fabrics. This is not because corduroy cannot be made from light, summery colors, but simply because darker colors tend to be favored during the time of year corduroy dresses are worn.

Corduroy dresses are good options for wearing to a somewhat dressy but not too formal of an event; if your office requires business professional wear, a corduroy dress may not be appropriate. However, it is a good choice to wear to an event such as an evening dinner with friends or a late afternoon concert or play.

Corduroy skirts and dresses are found in most women’s clothing stores once the fall and winter lines begin to arrive in stores. They can be found in large department stores such as Macy’s, Lord & Taylor, and Belk, as well as in smaller women’s clothing retailers like Coldwater Creek and Talbots. If you are hoping to find a corduroy dress before they have arrived in stores, the Internet will certainly offer a number of retailers that carry this item in a number of styles, sizes, and colors.