Tsukesage has characteristics that it doesn't have eba-moyo (or 'eba') nor kamon (crest), and its hakkake (inside cloth used around cuff and hem) is not tomosuso (made of the same plain cloth as the front).
付け下げの特徴として、絵羽模様がない、家紋を入れない、八掛が共裾ではないことが挙げられる。