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What to Wear on New Year's Eve: Dress for the Room, Not the Date

What to wear on New Year's Eve depends on where you will be standing at midnight, not on the date. Five kinds of night, what each asks for, four verified pieces, and an honest answer on whether any...

Modest Wedding Guest Dress: What Counts as Modest, and What to Wear

The Edit · Occasion Dressing · Modest Wedding Guest Dress Covered, and Still the Best Dressed modest is not a style. it is four measurements, and once you know them the shopping takes twen...

Black Tie Optional for Women: What It Means, and Whether You Need a Floor-Length Gown

Black tie optional means formal dress is welcome but not required. A floor-length gown, a formal midi and a cocktail dress in a formal fabric are all correct. The formality ladder, how fabric decid...

Can You Wear Black to a Wedding? Yes, and the Conditions That Decide It

  The Edit · Occasion Dressing · Wedding Guest Yes, and the conditions are worth knowing Yes, you can wear black to a wedding. It is accepted at almost every modern wedding, and the conditio...

Mother of the Groom Dress: What to Wear, What to Avoid, and When to Order

The Edit · Bridal · Mother of the Groom She chooses second, and that is the only rule nobody hands her a list. she is told to pick something, after someone else has. The mother of the gro...

Thanksgiving Outfits for Women: What to Wear to a Long Table, and What Still Fits at the End of It

The Edit · Occasion Dressing · Thanksgiving what still fits at the end of the meal Most Thanksgiving outfit guides are written by people who will not be sitting down for four hours. The...

What to Wear to a Christening or Baptism: The Guest, the Mother, and What to Skip

What to wear to a christening is a midi or full length dress in a quiet colour, shoulders covered, hem at or below the knee. What the guest wears, what the mother wears, the six things to leave at ...

Destination Wedding Dress: What to Wear, How to Pack It, and When to Order

  The Edit · Occasion Dressing · Destination Weddings The dress has to get on a plane first the dress has to get on a plane before it gets down an aisle. A destination wedding dress is a gow...

What to Wear to an Engagement Party: The Guest Guide, and What to Skip

An engagement party asks for cocktail dressing, one step above a good dinner out and a clear step below the wedding itself. Guests should avoid white, ivory and pale blush, which photograph as brid...

Winter Wedding Guest Dress: What to Wear, What to Layer, and When to Order

A winter wedding asks for two things a summer one never does: a reason to stay inside the dress all evening, and a plan for the walk from the car to the door. For a winter wedding as a guest, wear...