• Slenderize arms wearing long sleeves tapering toward the wrist • Allow enough sleeve room for comfort • Many plus size women and plus size teens prefer covering their arms.

Sleeves
Balloon: Very large pouf sleeve extends from shoulder to wrist.
Bell: Narrow at top, this sleeve flares at bottom into a “bell”.
Bishop: partially full to the elbow then gathers to the wrist or cuffs.
Cap: shortest of sleeves, fitted design barely covers top of the shoulder.
Dolman: generously wide sleeves that ends in a fitted cuff at elbow or gathered at wrist.
Fitted: sleeves tailored closely to arm in various lengths.
Gibson: puffed sleeve at top that stays full to wrist.
Juliet: long sleeve with small pouf at top then fitted lower arm.
Leg-of-Mutton: Full, rounded falling from the shoulder to just above the elbow, then tapers to a more closely fitting forearm.
Poet: Fitted sleeves flare outward above the wrist, sometimes with ruffles and often pleated at shoulder.
Pouf: A short, full and gathered sleeve worn on or off the shoulder.
Spaghetti straps: slim straps from bodice over the shoulder.
Tulip: a cap sleeve that takes it name from overlapping fabric that curves into a petal-like shape at top of the arm. where a formal dress hits the narrowest point of your torso.

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