The cocktail or evening dress is synonymous with glamour. Here's how to be the star of the evening in a formal evening dress!

The Best Evening Dress and Evening Gown Buying Tips

Selecting an evening gown 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 gowns 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 »

Albert Einstein once said, “If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.”

As a fan of custom tailoring and clothing alterations, I could not agree more.

While an urban legend states that Einstein wore the same clothing everyday, in fact Karen C. Fox and Aries Keck’s book Einstein A to Z reveals that the famous genius wore beautiful silk vests, and dapper neckwear picked by his wife.

Mrs. Einstein I presume, fancied fine clothing and had a regular appointment with a special tailor to help swath her husband in fine clothing fit for a theoretical physicist.

For the well-dressed woman who is looking for a quick treatise on clothing alterations before hiring a tailor, read on for my best advice on tailoring and what you need to know before hiring a master clothing magician. Read the rest of this entry »