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1950s Cocktail Dresses We called them cocktail dresses, but we hardly drank. Anna Lee Fuchs, What We Wore In 1948, Dior named the early-evening dress the cocktail dress. From there, everyone was talking about and designing cocktail dresses that mimicked the silhouette of a tea length day dress but had the elegance and luxury of an evening gown
You might make them smaller to decorate lapels or blouses, or bigger for skirts
Of course, not every grandmother feels comfortable in a traditional dress or pantsuitand thats perfectly okay
Concealed zipper, partially lined
If Instagram feeds, international runways and red carpets are anything to go by, its a known fact that sheer clothing is very in right now