How To Best Wear a Chiffon Blouse

Wearing a chiffon blouse makes you feel both elegant and beautiful! One of my favorite wardrobe pieces is sheer chiffon because it's versatile and the sheer nature of the fabric suggests your seductiveness. When you wear chiffon clothing, you exude an air of femininity, and it makes you look like a cool million buck babe!

What Makes Chiffon Sing?

OK, chiffon is one of the most popular sheer fabrics. It is ultra-thin and semi-transparent, extremely lightweight and is made from materials like silk, cotton or synthetics, which determines chiffon's price, look and feel.

Chiffon is your cool summer piece because of its lightness against your skin. Its sheer, light and billowy nature make it easy for you to drape around your body beautifully.

What about silk chiffon? I am sure you'll like it because it has a shimmer to the finish. Plus it has a very floaty feeling to the fabric. If you compare it with synthetic chiffon, which is stiffer and slightly heavier to wear, hence, I would go for silk chiffon anytime.

(Note: Similar fabrics to chiffon are georgette and crepes which all fall beautifully across your body, as they are sheer and lightweight too)

How To Wear Chiffon

For ages, we ladies have loved chiffon and have used it for gowns and skirts or as layers for wedding dresses, in lingerie, blouses, and accessories (like scarves).

I always like the idea of wearing chiffon layers over an evening dress, giving your gown that floaty, ethereal quality while also sharpening your femininity.

If you wear chiffon in your workplace, you'll need a slip or camisole underneath as it usually does have a level of sheerness; or else buy a blouse that has a built-in cami.

You can dress up your sheer, chiffon blouse with your dress pants and stilettos. You can keep it casual with a long tank top and leggings.

Though the blouse/shirt is slightly loose-fitting and flowing, the sheer nature of the fabric exposes your curves while maintaining a semi-transparent subtle elegance!

You look fabs if you pair a sheer white blouse with a black lacy tank top and black pants! The brilliant combo transforms you into an alluring silhouette with a classy twist and is a snug piece both for work and play!

Whether you want to stay casual or class it up with a chiffon blouse, I believe this style will make you look and feel feminine, beautiful and classy, without showing too much of your skin and yet making a feminine statement......

Chiffon Care

Chiffon is beautiful and nice to wear, but its delicate fabric needs your extra care and attention to keep it in good, great condition....

So, don’t wear chiffon with jewelry that can catch.  This is because the fabric is like a fine mesh which can catch easily and once you pull a thread, you've spoilt the whole garment.

Washing chiffon – dry-clean your silk chiffon; handwash your synthetic chiffon. Don't throw your chiffon clothes into your washing machine as it can be damaged during the spin cycle.

Ironing – check the ironing instructions, set the iron to cool mode.  For extra protection,  you can iron chiffon under a tea towel or similar material.