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special occasion dress
Dec. 6th, 2012 11:15 pmDespite recent sartorial adventures, I still don't really have a grip on special occasion dress.
This comes up in my mind because we went to a cocktail-ish Christmas party on Tuesday which I kind of second-guessed. I ended up wearing the Pleats Please (long skirt and top) with a velvet blazer and pointy (ow!) toed high heels and it was ok, but it seems in order to be cocktail-y skirts must invariably be worn with stilletoish heels to keep from looking casual or frumpy.
Most dresses marketed for after 5 aren't very "me" either. They're either so classic as to be boring, or so girly that I just feel (and look) strange.
I'm sorely tempted to try for French Vogue editor Emmanuelle Alt's "uniform" of tuxedo jacket and silk trousers (go through the slideshow), but then I remind myself that I'm not a magazine editor and local cocktail parties aren't Paris fashion week.
Fortunately I may not have to think about this again until next year - most of my social outings are, gratefully, fairly casual.
This comes up in my mind because we went to a cocktail-ish Christmas party on Tuesday which I kind of second-guessed. I ended up wearing the Pleats Please (long skirt and top) with a velvet blazer and pointy (ow!) toed high heels and it was ok, but it seems in order to be cocktail-y skirts must invariably be worn with stilletoish heels to keep from looking casual or frumpy.
Most dresses marketed for after 5 aren't very "me" either. They're either so classic as to be boring, or so girly that I just feel (and look) strange.
I'm sorely tempted to try for French Vogue editor Emmanuelle Alt's "uniform" of tuxedo jacket and silk trousers (go through the slideshow), but then I remind myself that I'm not a magazine editor and local cocktail parties aren't Paris fashion week.
Fortunately I may not have to think about this again until next year - most of my social outings are, gratefully, fairly casual.
