Monday, November 3, 2008

Creative Cocktail Attire

So everyone for the wedding wants to know what exactly creative cocktail attire is. My ideas for winter creative cocktail are perfect multi-hued, patterned items like these.

dress: anthropologie shrug bonzie on etsy.com, boots: nine west

Paired with some textured tights and you have creative cocktail!



Crinkle Rust Autumn Embellished Wrap

dress: anthropologie.com , necklace and shrug: etsy.com


Ask LaMont: How to dress 'creative cocktail'

Monday, May 12, 2008

By LaMont Jones, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Q: I recently was invited to a work-related evening affair. The invitation described attire as "creative cocktail" and I wasn't sure what that meant. How should I dress?

A: That's not a common dress code. Gone are the days of formal, informal, cocktail or even business casual. People are coming up with all sorts of new things like "creative cocktail."

Newfangled dress requirements don't have to be stressful to navigate. My guess for creative cocktail is something that fuses a less-structured side of evening with a funky sartorial twist. It's polished but not overly dressy, unexpected but not inappropriate, witty but not self-aggrandizingly over-the-top.

What might that look like? I recently helped attire a friend who attended an affair that requested creative cocktail attire. He showed up at the function in navy trousers, a blue-and-white striped shirt with an open collar and a navy-and-white polka dot silk hanky tucked in the breast pocket of his sleek khaki-colored blazer. He completed the look with black loafers and was the picture of debonair.

He also could have gone with khaki pants, a multicolored plaid jacket and a pastel shirt with a skinny bow tie and a Panama hat. Or a two-button business suit with a colored polo shirt and cowboy boots.

A woman dressing for creative cocktail might want to put on a fitted skirt with high heels, interesting hosiery, a bold blouse and numerous ropes of pearls. Or wide-legged solid slacks with a colorful scarf for a belt and a long-sleeve knit top with stacked bracelets. Or a little black dress with colored peep-toe pumps and a straw fedora in the same color family.

3 comments:

Reesha November 3, 2008 at 7:11 PM  

I hope people adhere to the dress code for your wedding. That will make for hot pics

Rebecca November 5, 2008 at 6:16 PM  

love those shrugs!

November 25, 2008 at 2:09 PM  

Super cute dresses and shrugs!