The Best Evening Dress and Evening Gown Buying Tips

Selecting an evening dress gives women more trauma than selecting any other garment.

Whether she is dressing for a charity ball, wedding, work function or a New Year’s Eve party, finding the best evening dresses for your glamorous life requires knowledge of fabrics, your body shape and the occasion.

Remember, selecting a wardrobe of evening dresses is a marvelous excuse to dress up. Just follow these simple rules to dress appropriately and flatter your figure–whether you strike a pose for the paparazzi or saunter down your favorite red carpet. Read the rest of this entry »

Buying a petite cocktail dress is simple if you know the fashion rules of proportion and figure flattery.

Did you know that the classic petite cocktail dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s sold at auction for $923,187 in 2006?  While you may not want to spend close to a million dollars for Hubert de Givenchy’s  little black dress, you can capture the famous glamour found in the garment quite easily.

Whether you are attending a simple supper for 10 at a friend’s house or dancing the night away at a soiree for work, the smallest women among us need to buy petite cocktail dresses for their busy lifestyles and small wardrobes.

If you want to remove any obstacles to elegance–and pick a timeless evening ensemble that would make Coco or Audrey proud–use these tips to buy petite cocktail dresses that are fun, flirty and fabulous. Read the rest of this entry »

The proper wedding attire for guests of the bride or groom is often a fashion conundrum.

You want to be the envy of your stylish gaggle of girlfriends in the latest designer frock, but you do not want to upstage the blushing bride on her wedding day intentionally.

Here’s how to answer the dreaded and age-old question, “What should women wear to a wedding?” Read the rest of this entry »