Question: what is the difference between fit and flare and mermaid?
Answer: The mermaid silhouette shapes to the body in the chest to the knee and then, at the knee, has a distinct flare down to the hem. ... The fit-and-flare silhouette flares more naturally, starting more around the mid-thigh then above the knee. It also does not have the same crinoline featured in a mermaid dress.