What’s the best way to flaunt your legs without making it obvious? It’s simple—wear a short dress. It’ll bring those fine legs of yours to the fore. Short Ankara dresses are no different. They highlight your body and pop you out of any crowd with their beautifully detailed patterns and colors.
Thanks to how fashion evolves in today’s world, many gorgeous short ankara gown styles exist. From simple gowns to statement pieces, your options are limitless, especially when you take a trip to Instagram or Pinterest. In this guide, we won’t only show you the latest Ankara short dresses to recreate. We’ll also show you how to elevate them by combining them with other fabrics. Do this, and you’ll unleash the African Queen in you, as 2baba sang two decades ago.
How to Elevate Your Short Ankara Dresses with Other Fabrics
Many people, when making Ankara outfits, restrict themselves to the fabric alone. But this shouldn’t be so. The Ankara fabric is so versatile that if you pair it with any other textile, you’ll create a dashing look. It doesn’t matter the color or texture of the fabric; your African print will do justice to it. Here are options to try ASAP:
Short Ankara Dresses with Lace
Lace is a popular textile that complements Ankara. Whether you’re using it to make your dress sleeves or laying it on your Ankara around the bodice or bust area, this fabric will further highlight your African-print textile and give you an irresistible outfit.
Short Ankara Dresses with Silk
The beauty of silk is its sheen. What’s more? It comes in different textures, which make up other fabrics. Think mikado, duchess, satin, and dull-face. They’re all under the silk family, and if you combine any of them with your African textile, you’ll have a gorgeous short dress.
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Short Ankara Dress with Tulle
This net-like fabric also complements Ankara. But the little downside is it’s transparent, so you can either use it around the sleeves, chest, or hems or gather three to five layers to make them thick enough to cover your skin.
Short Ankara Dresses with Crepe
Crepe fabric also complements Ankara. Unlike lace and tulle, they’re opaque and thick enough to cover your skin. So you don’t need to lay it atop your Ankara textile; it can stand on its own on one part of your dress if you use the African print on other parts.
Double Ankara Short Dress
Another way to create stunning short akara dresses is to combine two or three Ankara fabrics. Rare but gold!
Ankara & Organza Short Dresses
Embellish your Ankara short dresses with organza or organdy. Though this fabric is translucent, it’ll elevate your look, especially when used to create puff sleeves or layers.
How to Know the Right Color to Combine with Your Ankara Fabric
Whether you;re creating ankara and lace combos or exploring other fabrics, the hack to complement your African textile with other fabrics is to get the color matching right. Most people stick to neutrals like black and white to play it safe. While you can never go wrong with black because it pairs well with any color, it can get boring sometimes. The solution?
Work with other colors on your African print. The ankara fabric is a palette of multiple colors as one. So, pick one of them—preferably, the most standout—get a suitable fabric in that hue, and combine it with your African print to create any of the styles above and the ones we’ve added below:
