Woman wearing a red wrap dress

Journalist Mona Eltahawy wearing a wrap dress

A wrap dress is a dress with a front closure formed by wrapping one side across the other and knotting the attached ties that wrap around the back at the waist, or fastening buttons. This forms a V-shaped neckline and hugs a woman's curves. A faux wrap dress resembles this design, except that it comes already fastened together with no opening in front, but instead is slipped on over the head.

The wrap dress was introduced in 1972^[1] by Diane von Fürstenberg, who made it of jersey, knee-length and long-sleeved.^[2] Wrap dresses achieved their peak of popularity in the mid to late 1970s, and the design has been credited with becoming a a symbol of women's liberation in the 1970s.^[3] Wrap dresses experienced renewed popularity beginning in the late 1990s.

References[link]

1. ^ Miller, Amanda Christine (January 16, 2008). "Diane von Furstenberg On Wrap Dresses And The Joys Of Aging Gracefully". Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amanda-christine-miller/diane-von-furstenberg-on-_b_81590.html. Retrieved June 27, 2011. 
2. ^ "Diane von Fürstenberg". Fashion Model Directory. http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/designers/diane-von-frstenberg/. Retrieved June 27, 2011. 
3. ^ "Wrap superstar: Designer Diane von Furstenberg tells her story". The Independent on Sunday. March 27, 2008. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/wrap-superstar-designer-diane-von-furstenberg-tells-her-story-801189.html. Retrieved June 27, 2011. 

External links[link]

• A 1970s von Fürstenberg jersey wrap dress at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

See also[link]

• Wrap (clothing)