Sheath dress

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In fashion, a sheath dress is a fitted, straight cut dress, often nipped at the waistline with no waist seam.^[1] When constructing the dress, the bodice and skirt are joined together by combining the skirt darts into one dart: this aligns the skirt darts with the bodice waist dart.^[2] The dress emphasizes the waist as its skirt portion is fitted. While the sheath dress can come in many patterns and lengths, it often is worn with short sleeves and reaches knee length.^[3]