Everyone talks about how every woman needs a Little Black Dress in her closet, but may we propose a necessity of our own? The Sexy F**kin’ Dress, SFD for short. The SFD we are currently coveting is this black and cream bustier-style frock by Sparkle & Fade. We’re all hot under the collar for its suggestive but demure shape and detailing, but the price — $59! — is sending us straight over the edge. Is it hot in here? [$59, Urban Outfitters]
New Year’s Eve means a lot of things: reflection, rebirth, resolutions, parties, flirting, champagne singing, and perhaps most importantly, SEQUINS. Add a little festive sparkle to your outfit this weekend with one or two sequined accessories, amp things up with a pair of sequined heels, steal the show in a sequined dress, or channel your inner disco ball and wear them all at once. Click through for details…
You’ve been sooooo good all holiday season, spending your hard-earned cash on gifts for friends and family. Isn’t it about time you splurged on a little something-something for yourself? Yeah, we thought so too. That’s why we’ve assembled 50 bangin’ long-sleeved dresses, all for $50 bucks or less. These frocks are seasonally appropriate and won’t kill your wallet, either. Win-win!
Stop what you’re doing. Do you have your New Year’s Eve planned yet? Do you know what you’re wearing, at least? If not, take a look at these gorgeous party dress options — full of sparkle, print patterns and plenty of detail.
Picking the perfect holiday party dress is important. Not just any flouncy dress will do. You’re going to want something that’s at least marginally festive, sexy, but also not too holiday-specific so that you can wear it again someday. The 10 gorgeous dresses we’ve chosen hopefully fall under all those criteria, and will have the lads clamoring to get you under the misteltoe.
The latest entry in the Dresses Made From Wacky Fabrics category: 16-year-old Suraya Mohd Zairin, from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, won an eco contest by fashioning a dress out of more than 4,000 tea bags. The colorful gown took her more than three months to complete, and was inspired by her love of flowers. For her efforts, she took home a trophy and RM4000, which is approximately $1,700 — enough, hopefully, to cover all the tea she had to buy to make the dress in the first place. [Oddity Central]
Artist Susan Stockwell makes intricate, gorgeous dresses out of paper goods, like maps and sheets of currency. The dresses mimic colonial styles, and reflect her interests in ecology, geo-politics, mapping, trade and global commerce. It’s this confluence of ideas that give her work an extra charge. Check out some of her paper dresses in this gallery.
Lace — especially white or cream lace — has the tendency to look either childish or totally matronly. Surely it isn’t that hard to make, say, a lacy frock for a mature but still youthful and hip woman? H&M heard our plea, or we assume they did, because they’ve made this amazing cream, long-sleeve sheath and we’re coveting it hard. The just-below-the-knee length, 3/4 sleeves, and crew-neck, combined with the tight fit, offers just the right amount of sex appeal. This dress is 100 percent ladylike va-va-voom. [$79.95, H&M]
Getting sexy doesn’t require your ensemble to be tight and revealing. Subtly will get you much farther in the long run. But don’t think your sexy look has to be (gasp!) boring. Everly’s Bedrock Dress is both visually interesting with its graphic print and sexy with a plunging V-back and exposed zipper. Yet it leaves much to the imagination. Everly is a favorite amongst celebrities, but get this — the Bedrock Dress retails for less than $50 — which leaves you room to splurge on a pair of complementary (and bitchin’) platform pumps!
Look at Olivia Wilde trying to be all incognito in the photo above. It’s okay, Liv, we’re paying more attention to your early fall look than you, actually. Why are we so smitten with her ensemble, you might ask? Well for starters, we’re suckers for stripe maxi dresses. But even more than that, we love that Olivia took a summer staple and made it appropriate for fall. The trick to successfully working a maxi dress for autumn is to have hints of skin showing while also adding rugged leather and suede pieces. That way you don’t look as if you’re trying to push the season too far or hold on to the last one. A word of caution, though: your leather items should be more boho than biker. Click on to see our inspiration look. Keep reading »
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