While all weddings have their own unique charm, there’s something about evening weddings that feels incredibly special. It might be how, when the sun sets, the venue starts to light up, and the…

Evening weddings have a special appeal that is difficult to describe. With the sunset, the venue lighting sets a more elegant and classy ambiance. Guests get to dress in more creative and fun…

The most common thing I hear from brides who tried on fitted wedding dresses and walked away unsure: ‘It looked amazing, but I couldn’t sit down properly.’ That’s a fit problem. Not a…

I attended a black-tie gala at the Mandarin Oriental in Chicago last October. Three of the most striking women in that room were in fully covered, long-sleeved gowns. Not one of them looked…

Gold shoes. That’s where most yellow formal dress questions end up, and it’s the right instinct. But getting yellow to look genuinely formal — not just cheerful — involves the fabric, the specific…

Here’s the honest version of beach wedding dress shopping at 50 or older: the environmental variables are more complicated than most guides admit. You want to look polished and feel genuinely comfortable —…

Graduation ceremonies are long. Like, genuinely longer than you’d think — you’re there early, waiting around, sitting through a whole lot of other names before yours. The dress you pick needs to make…

Graduation day sneaks up on you. One week you’re cramming for finals, and suddenly there’s a cap, a gown, and the very real question of what on earth to wear underneath it all.…

Red gets a bad rap as a graduation dress color. People second-guess it — “Is it too much?”, Will it clash with the gown?” — and end up defaulting back to white. Which,…

Black tie on a wedding invitation. Three words that somehow make a whole closet feel inadequate. If you’ve been there — staring at perfectly nice dresses, wondering if any of them are actually…