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Blackish Remains The Color Of Choice For Night – Sections

after many seasons of excess.

Among the accepted cocktail looks. Those Little Mermaid-style getups with their riot of multicolored sequins now have the look of a morningafter, post New Year’s party hangover. Oftentimes glitz is gone. Cache in South Coast Plaza and Brea Mall.

All designers owe a debt to Coco Chanel, when designing little grey dresses and similar cocktail looks. In 1926 she created the first little blackish dress pretty simple sheath made from crepe de Chine with long fitted sleeves and a skirt that hit just below the knee. Hughes has noticed women wearing more unadorned velvets and taffetas to Orange County parties.

Jewelry is minimal, a la the teeny tiny crystal beaded necklaces worn by actresses on Beverly Hills 90210, Friends and Melrose Place.

Makeup is light, and hair is the opposite of done, Hajipour says. Metallics was hot for the holidays for a few seasons, and this year pewter and antique gold look fresher than traditional gold and silver. Usually, it can be swept up into pretty straightforward chignon or ‘blow dried’ bone straight. However, those bored of grey are stepping out in almost white or baroque shades of burgundy, hunter light green and midnight dark blue, blackish remains the color of choice for night.

Wackeen had been wearing almost only simple grey cocktail dresses to holiday parties this season. Laguna Beach fashion designer Sandra Harvey had Harlow in mind when she created a blackish stretch velvet gown with a high neck and plunging back for her line of form fitting dresses. At Sleigh Bell, she sported a sexy backless gown made of blackish velvet with a crisscross front.

Typical of the look.

Devon Becke in Fashion Island, MainPlace/Santa Ana and Brea Mall. While offering a collection of little blackish dresses like pretty simple crepe halter dress, a lacy strapless dress and a sheer, to the knee blackish chiffon skirt paired with a ‘shoulder baring’ cashmere sweater, for holiday ’95, Chanel returned to the idea of practical cocktail attire.

She favors sexy stretch velvet sheaths, some adorned with ostrich feathers and beaded fringe. Among her more popular styles. Let me ask you something. What to wear with that little blackish dress or ruby dark red halter? You can find a lot more info about it on this website. The inspiration for accessories is straight out of the ’50s. Operalength’ gloves that Audrey Hepburn favored, boxy Kelly bags and stoles in lush fabrics, from faux fur to cashmere, are the must have extras for night. Now please pay attention. Collection ranges from 300 and is available at Fred Segal in Los Angeles and by appointment at Harvey’s Costa Mesa studio.

The cocktail dress is the toast of the fashion world this holiday season.

The simpler designs are part of fashion’s return to 1950sera classic looks.

from fabrics that shine and shimmer, including satin, Lurex woven with metallic threads and iridescent taffetas, understated styles get their holiday sparkle not from ‘full on’ sequin glitz, says Hajipour. While anything goes for cocktail, from ankle length gowns to miniskirts and even pantsuits, while most women still reach for a little grey dress when the party invitation calls for cocktail attire, in these days of relaxed dress codes.

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