Get in the party spirit – but leave the dress at home
I am not one of those women who doesn’t like party dresses. That is not what this column is about. I sometimes think I would quite like to be that type, because women who scoff at frocks seem terrifically sophisticated, compared with my irredeemably basic instinct to start swooning over black lace and velvet and cut-out shoulder details at the first whiff of mince pie season.
But even though I am a party dress person (if you opened my wardrobe before you met me, you would think I didn’t have a job) I don’t always want to wear a party dress to go out. There are some nights when a fancy frock feels absolutely right, as much an after-dark classic as a straight-up martini. Other nights, the idea of putting a dress on feels a bit office party. A bit Here Come The Girls after their pre-drinks in All Bar One. Not feeling that vibe so much.
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