How to Dress Up for a Wedding

In retail circles, June is known for Father's Day and Weddings. This is the absolute best time to find the best variety of wedding gowns, bridesmaid dresses and cocktail dresses. If its anything to do with a party you'll find it in your favorite department store. The trick is to find just the right dress for the occasion. Here are some tips for dressing the part for your next wedding invite!

The Daytime Wedding

• The Challenge: 

      create a look that is dressy but not too formal

Wearing rhinestone clad jeans just will not do! You absolutely must dress up like you were going to church, because even if the ceremony takes place in a venue other than a traditional church it is still a reverent event.

• The Challenge : 
  create a look that's cool and flowing, but not beachy.
  

  
  

Wearing a flowy muu muu will look like you have a pool party to go to. Instead of a jazzy beach coverup, focus on a dress with more tailoring, such a pintucks, pleats, and a fitted waistline.   

• The Challenge : 
  
  
  create a look that is sexy and ladylike at the same time
  

  Day Dresses
  Flats

  

Being a lady means dressing like a lady. Elegance and sexiness go hand in hand, so you don't have to show a lot of cleavage to get the attention you want. It could be the wrong kind. 

• The Challenge : 

       create a look that is fun and vibrant, yet sophisticated, like you

Choose a color that brings out your skintone. Most ladies look fabulous in any of the blue tones, including purples and teals.  Coral looks great with gold jewelry. Choose a color in the mid range rather than a pale washed out pastel. It's most elegant as a daytime choice. Take extra care when choosing a print, so as to keep in line with an air of sophistication. Avoid stripes and tiny flower prints, too homebody.

The Evening Wedding

• The Challenge: 

   create a dressy night-time look that doesn't takes the sparkle away from   the bride.

Table Lamps
Flats

Wearing your sequins is not appropriate unless the wedding invitation is black-tie or black-tie optional, which is the most formal dress code of all. You don't want to come across like a disco-ball, after all. Otherwise, wear a matching suit of a luxe fabric like shantung, which offers a soft sheen under low light. You can also wear a cocktail dress that has a jacket or bolero that matches. The fabric and jewelry will make the statement here.

The challenge : create a sexy look that is respectful and lady-like.

Black  is always sexy. A fitted knee high dress with heels is always a good choice but other colors can be equally fabulous. Consider deep purple, bronze or any of the deep blues, like sapphire. The darker colors do well at evening weddings.

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