evening dress - help!

newcook

miss_phish wrote: »

What size are you newcook? (hope that not too personal, but maybe we can help??)

(depending on the shop) I am a size 12/14

THIRZAH

Ask your local charity shop if they have any-they often keep things like evening dresses in the back.

csarina

I was faced with this problem when I was married to my first husband and we had several formal dinners to attend, I also belonged to a choir who wore formal black and white for performances. I made myself a long black straight lined skirt with a slit at the back, I then wore it with different tops, at one stage I sewed sequins on it in a feather design......you can wear tunic tops, silky tops, the choice is yours, buy a jewelled belt, or a gold string belt, gold sandals and away you go........one of the catalogues had a really nice sequined top which would look great over a black skirt, sorry cannot rememebr which one.

glendam

I go to a few of these each year with my OH the last one 2 weeks ago.
I would say that these days anything goes.
There was no one in anything flouncy or OTT. Mostly fitted single colour mid calf length dress with some sort of shoulder cover.

HTH
Glenda

spaghetti_monster

I would second the advice to try TK Maxx. I need to have some more glamorous things for work sometimes (usually smart long black) but sometimes more is called for!
Anyway, got a great dress for £17.99 - full length black with a swishy skirt and halterneck style top.
I would second also the size thing (try different ones) and don't be put off by the jumble-sale atmosphere! (I find it hard to see what I want as everything is so mixed up!)

belfastgirl23

I would say TK Maxx too. The idea of the black skirt is a good one though - might be worth having a look on ebay for something like this?

BTW the last time I did this I got a lovely black dress in John Lewis for £99 which I have been able to wear in a few different ways. As high street stores go, I thought there and House of Fraser were good for evening wear and not as expensive as I would have expected. Though probably a bit much if you need to buy a few.

Also it's worth keeping an eye out for nice scarves, bags shrugs etc in 2nd hand shops or asking around friends and family. There are a lot of us who have bought stuff for one occasion and would be only too happy to lend on to a careful friend

Sailorgirl

Have you thought of asking on Freecycle - there may be a freecycler who has something lurking in their wardrobe that it may prompt them to give away.