Beach Dresses and Cover Ups

So do you know your beach kimono from your kaftans and beach cover up from your sarongs? Beach cover up can mean any style of loose dress or wrap around garment including any of the other styles mentioned here and can be made from cotton, towelling or many other fabrics. A beach kaftan is generally a very loose, non-fitted dress that could long or short and is frequently made from a lightweight flowing, if not sheer, fabric. In contrast, a beach dress will be more fitted and are often made from crocheted or other forms of open fabric as well as sheer and opaque lightweight fabrics. A beach sarong is a large piece of usually light and floaty fabric that can be wrapped around your body and tucked in at the waist or under your arms. Based originally on traditional Japanese robes, a beach kimono will have loose sleeves and a wrap-around style. Having said all that, some manufacturers will mix these terms and call such beach dresses and cover ups kaftan dresses or a sarong dress or even kaftan maxi dress.