At the end of the anniversary party, I had seen several lovely evening dresses that I was not sure which the best was. In my several years as a fashion freak, I know that what makes a dress truly outstanding extends beyond just the style and design or the colour but the individual wearing the dress contributes largely to how the dress appears. It is not enough to like a dress on display at some showroom somewhere or maybe on some fashion magazine. Looking dashing requires much more than picking a fine dress sampled somewhere; a lesson I learnt several years ago.
While I observed the different evening dresses all through the party, I eventually penciled down five designs that were not only beautiful in terms of design and style, they were also perfect on the one wearing them. First up is the black Sheath style gown that got all heads turning in her direction all evening. The dress was tight on her body like all good sheath designs ought to. It had a straight drape and had shoulder straps. Her tiny black bag and silver accessories completed her looks; she was perfect and won my best evening dress for the night.
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A very close second was a red princess evening gown the celebrant’s younger sister wore. This one had gores cut in single pieces and whoever designed them probably had the lady in mind as she designed the dress because it fit perfectly. She was elegant and I would have given her tops for the night except that the Sheath is my favourite choice for an evening gown and would always come first place anyway. This princess evening gown displayed the gores from the shoulder region to the flared hem. It was a real beauty.
The third for me was another Sheath gown; the colour was red and unbelted. It was strapless and it brought out the lady’s body shape perfectly as well as matching her body colour. I always liked very lengthy gowns but this, although it was not as long as I would have wanted, was just perfect for the lady who was not that tall herself. That was just enough to beat the next in my rankings; a black trumpet evening gown.
Before now, I used to see trumpet evening dresses as comical; a tight fitting gown that flares off when it gets to the knees. Amazingly, this one was lot different and it was down to how it was as though the person wearing it designed it herself. I tried to imagine her in a mermaid or Sheath gown and I came to conclude that the trumpet style would probably best fit.
A simple and smart A-liner came fifth of my selections. I always thought A-liners look more like a Bell. No pleats, No gathers but from close fitting at the top to a little wide as it journeys down. Cream coloured and although I would have preferred a better hairstyle for the lady wearing it, I give her fifth place.
It’s probably weird that all I did at a party was to observe and rank the evening dresses fellow ladies wore; but there are not a lot of things you can do at a party if you are stuck to a wheelchair and of course faking a smile to the cute guys who bowed as they walked past.
