Evening Dresses

Formal dresses cut close or away from the body

Four hours in a chair, in a room that turned warm an hour ago. The flatter of them sits close to the leg. The looser ones move away from the body rather than following it. For the shoulder left out altogether there are the strapless dresses. Elsewhere a strap is narrow and set wide, or a sleeve runs to the wrist.

Evening dress lengths, floor to mid calf

Anything that reaches the floor brings a heel with it. That end of the page belongs to the maxi dresses. Shorter again and it goes to a work function, or a dinner that began as drinks. Where a night has less riding on it, party dresses do the same with less weight to them. A split runs from the ankle to somewhere below the knee.