There is one sexy dress that can be worn to various events from wedding, dinner, prom, homecoming, to any casual events. The dress is also appropriate to be worn by women of various ages. Although not a new trend, but this dress never dies! The cut is timeless and classic . It is time you wear a backless dress that, again, rule the red carpet event!

Low Cut Back Evening Dress by Nicole Bakti 

This white dress with a graceful V-shape on the back and lovely embellishments around it will take your breathe away!
So perfect for a wedding dress, yet so beautiful for an evening dress.

171127 Dress by Jovani Evening 

Backless dress become famous at around 1920′s, where women at that time began to experiment with their wardrobe and began to love partying and socializing. In addition to the famous flapper dress, backless dress was also popular for evening party or wedding gown. Around 1930′s, backless dress become increasingly popular because of the sunbathing trend. This dress was perfect to show off the sun-kissed skin.

P627 Printed Chiffon Dress by Terani Couture Prom 

P617 Chiffon Dress by Terani Couture Prom 

Backless dress can indeed be the best choice when you want to look sexy but still classy and not trashy. Show off your sexy and beautiful back, wear less accessories or pick jewelry with simple designs.

158985 Dress by Jovani Prom

P630 Chiffon Dress by Terani Couture Prom

What to wear underneath backless dress? Low back multi way bra or backless bra will be the best choice! You can also learn and find out more, here: “Tricky Dresses: What to wear underneath?“

Selena Gomez, Eva Longoria, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, and Katherine McPhee in backless dress, aren’t they gorgeous?

Not only the story of fairy tale that has the happily ever after ending, we believe that tartan (or plaid), polkadot, houndstooth, and argyle still going to be the “it” pattern every now and then. Let’s look at the journey of these patterns…

Tartan (or Plaid)

Tartan is a legacy of the history of Scotland since the 16th century, which has become the identity of the state. In those days, tartan belong to the luxury fashion items and not everyone can wear them. In fact, the size the horizontal and vertical lines as well as different colors symbolizes the social status. At the beginning, the pattern was only worn by men or the Scottish Highlanders to distinguish between family clans. However, since Queen Victoria visited Scotland and was wearing a tartan for her activities there, tartan eventually became popular among women and an inspiration to many designers in their collections. These days the mixture colors are not only red, black, and dark green, but with a lot more varieties.

Celebrities in Tartan

171252 Dress by Jovani Evening , 6587 Plaid Taffeta Dress by Alyce Prom 

33051 Dress by Carmen Marc Valvo, 33101 Dress by Carmen Marc Valvo

 Polkadot

Who does not know this lovely pattern? Although it has been known since ages ago, the origin of this pattern remains a mystery. Some events was expected as  the birth of polkadot, such as the polka dance in America brought by an immigrant from Eastern Europe, polkadot on Minnie Mouse’s outfit is iconic and is becoming increasingly popular thanks to the song “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini ‘”.

Celebrities in polkadot

91017 Chiffon Dress – Paparazzi by Mori Lee 

Houndstooth

Houndstooth has several times become a trend, especially in the 1930′s, 1970′s and early 2000. In the 1950′s, it became the most popular pattern among men and enlivened the runway in 2008 with a collection of Marc Jacobs and in 2009 with a collection of Alexander McQueen. Even today we can also find houndstooth on some accessories such as shoes, scarves and clutch.

Socks and sweaters are the two items are identical fashion with this pattern. Argyle is a pattern that resembles a diamond or rhombus shape in layers. The origin of this pattern is quite mysterious. Based on the story, Argyle was born from a group of men who live in the western region of Scotland called Argyll. There, they cut their tartan cloth to cover their feet and the pieces formed Argyle pattern, that was how socks with this pattern created for the first time.

Argyle is one of the pattern which have become the hallmark of the high end brand, Pringle of Scotland. According to the rumors, this brand was the pioneer of Argyle patterned sweaters in the 1920′s. In America, this pattern was starting to become a fashion trend when the label owner of Brooks Brothers took home Argyle patterned piece of cloth and began to produce from 1949 until now. Argyle’s popularity even more uphill when the teens and adults wear it to look preppy.

Today is Christmas Eve and next week is New Year’s Eve. Surely you have prepared yourself for the celebrations. How to shine and be the light of the party? Wear a variety of fashion items with a touch of metallic color is the answer. Shine with dazzling dresses of our choice.

Left: Multi Color Cocktail Dress by Terani Couture, Right: Sequin Net Dress by Riva Lime

Towards the end of the year, it’s all about sparkle and glitters. Almost all fashion items ranging from clothes, shoes, accessories to make up with elements of metallic colors became the target of the fashionista. Color that is identical with the glamour can maximize your appearance to look more ‘wow’ at a party.

T856 Satin Dress by Terani Couture

Actually metallic color itself does not only consist of silver, gold and bronze only. Other bright colors like red, blue, green, and purple can also be categorized as metallic color for effect sheen. But if you want to play it safe, choose the shoes and clutch with metallic colors because it will be easier to mix and match.

47287 Dress by Scala Couture (in green and red)

To play with a metallic fashion item, you can go all out with metallic colors, glitters, or sequins, but it doesn’t necessarily mean everything must be ’covered’ with a metallic color. Go for “a dash“, which means a hint of metallic color for your accessories. Or “a splash“, which means a little bit more of metallic color, for your dress or gown. Or “all out” if you are feeling bold to wear head to toe in metallic, all sparkle for the special end of the year party!

2147 Sequins and Lace Dress by Alyce Claudine

In addition, shoes and clutch with a touch of metallic colors are also quite easy to be adjusted to various parties. For a glam party, you can tone up your look with a dress with sequins and metallic accessories, or you can tone it down with a little black dress for a casual one.

Gold Cocktail Dress by Jovani 

Dress Q1044 by Scala Couture

Dress 14265 by Scala Couture 

Have a fabulous celebration!

Holiday is just around the corner, parties and social events are on the waiting list. It’s gonna be a busy week for sure. It’s the perfect time to wear a new dress! But, have you found your dress yet? Well if you haven’t, we’ve got plenty of ideas to dress up according to your personality. The perfect dress will boost your confidence and you’ll own the night.
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Sequin dress sparkles and glitters, just like you! You’ll be the center of attention and the life of the party.

Show off your beautiful bare shoulder because you are a metropolitan goddess. Your style is a statement of your personality, chic and stylish.

You are full of surprises. Wearing beautiful bright colors also help to start a conversation. Colors are statement of your personality. For example, red means outgoing, white means innocent, yellow means happiness, green means harmony and symbolizes peace, blue means caring and compassionate, purple means witty, and orange means fun loving person. Which color are you?

Studded dresses shows a lot of attitude. You are fun, bold, and trendy. It’s that bewitching party combo you love.

Belle de Jour – Your chic European style is fabulous! You are so jaw-dropping and head-turning. Parisian girls like to wear trendy lace dress. Would you like a glass of wine?

Wearing the dresses above reveals that you have poise and your style is charming. Classic pieces are gorgeous, smart, and versatile.

She died almost 50 years ago, but her popularity and fame is not debatable. Actually, what makes her so difficult to be replaced?

Christina Aguilera’s new look is golden blonde hair and Marilyn Monroe’s make up as her signature style. Madonna looked all glamorous with a pink Marilyn Monroe style strapless gown in the video clip “Material Girl”. So many people wrote a book of a story about an actress who died at the age of 36 years, it’s like her story is endless. Why is she so attractive?

She was born as Norma Jeane Baker and considered as a woman who has everything, but it turned out that behind all the glitz and sparks, she is fragile and did not have anything.
“She died in a little bungalow, in a cluttered room, bombed out of her mind on pills and unhappiness, and I think people identify with that,” said David Gainsborough Roberts who’s admiring Marilyn Monroe and a collector of all things Marilyn Monroe.

Biographer “The Final Years of Marilyn Monroe: The Shocking True Story”, Keith Badman, also adding that the appeal can be radiated by the stronger Monroe thanks to her beautiful image, cheerful and sexy personality  that she maintained perfectly. Monroe died when she was still very beautiful, nobody will ever imagine or think of how she would look like when she gets old and has wrinkles. So in your mind, Monroe stays young and beautiful.

“Her image is forever locked in that beauty. We will never find a picture of her looking old or past her prime. She was an exceptionally beautiful woman and she died very young,” Badman said.

What comes to your mind when you hear her name? Bedroom eyes? Blonde wavy hair? Diamonds and heels? Pointed brows? Open mouthed smile? Pouty red lips? That beauty mark above her upper lip?

For me, it’s how she dressed up. She knew what looked great on her and she could show off her figure whilst maintaining her modesty.
What are her colors? Marilyn wore beige, black, cream, red, white, and mostly champagne colors. Her favorite store was Bloomingdales, her favorite designer was Emilio Pucci, and her favorite shoe designer was Salvatore Ferragamo.

What would Marilyn wear from MissesDressy.com?

Halter Neck Dress: Marilyn’s most famous piece, also known for its appearance in The Seven Year Itch

Here are MissesDressy.com version…

Here are MissesDressy.com version…

It’s approaching that time of year again – Awards Season, when Hollywood’s finest step out to take you away from the January Blues! And what’s not to love, the glitz, the glamour, the red carpet, the winners, thelosers, the snubs – oh it’s all ahead of us!

MissesDressy is celebrating Awards Season is style with a new contest! We love all the awards shows, but the People’s Choice awards are special – because people like you and me get to make the call on who wins!

So, in keeping with our previous great contests and how much we love celeb style – just send us your guesses for red carpet matches! So, choose your favorite star and then pick the perfect dress for them!

The Prize: A free dress of your choice up to a $500 value!

How to enter:

1. Pick your favorite red carpet celebrity
2. Choose a dress from our catalogue at www.missesdressy.com that you think your chosen starlet will wear
3. Copy that link, Go to Facebook and ‘Like’ our Fan Page.
4. Paste that link into the comments section of our photo album “People’s Choice Awards Contest″

It’s that easy!

The MissesDressy staff will choose a winner based on the look most similar to your chosen celeb!

Competition closes January 10th 5pm ET 2011.

TOP TIPS:

- The People’s Choice Awards honor Television, Movies and Music stars so you have a mountain of red carpet celebrities to style!

- Not sure who to choose – Look at the nominees here

- The People’s Choice awards are less formal than, say, The Oscars but the guests and hosts still get glammed up! So look through our catalogue for a mix of styles. Long, Short, Classic, Edgy……

- Take a look at last year’s photos

 

 

 


////// EXAMPLE TIME!! //////
Here’s an example:

Step 1: My favorite red carpet celeb is Katy Perry

Step 2: Katy loves glitz and color – I think she will wear a dress like this: http://www.missesdressy.com/6402-dress-nightmoves-allure-p-17228.html


Facebook in no way endorses this competition or MissesDressy.com, nor is this competition in any way affiliated with facebook.

We have a WINNER!

Congratulations Meme Hamadi

Meme was the first entry closest to our best seller! We know lots of you chose that dress (and so lots of you have great taste!)
Our best seller this holiday perios is the long sleeve, sequin mini dress by Scala. the dress retails at $198. the Pink / Champagne color was our best seller by quite a margin this season! But, luckily we sell worldwide, so while all you girls out there are right on trend, there’s very little chance you’ll run into someone with the same dress!

Meme was the first to suggest this cap sleeve version of the dress, also by Scala. With some deliberation here in the office, we thought this was the best match!

If you didn’t win this time, never fear. We will have a new contest coming up VERY SOON!

Meme, contact us here on FB or at blog[at]missesdressy.com to claim your prize!

I know putting together outfits for the holidays’ numerous parties can be hard for us ladies because we’ve got tons of things to do in such a short amount of time!  So to help you lovelies with the task of creating fab party outfits, I have picked out these dresses right out of our Holiday Dresses section (together with some other items).  Now you won’t have to worry about what you’ll wear because I’ve put it all together for you!

During the holidays, there are usually three events that require us gals to look glam: the Office Christmas Party, the Christmas Party/Night Out With Friends, and the ever-so-festive New Year’s Eve Celebration.  Below you can find the outfits that I’ve put together for each event to help you save time and energy in thinking about what to wear.  Enjoy!

Office Christmas Party

Mix business with pleasure with this outfit at your office Christmas party!  Featuring the 3/4 Lace Cocktail Dress by Jovani, this number adds a little sexy touch to your smart style with the sheerness of its fabric.  Just balance the sheer out with a solid-colored purse (quilted bag) and shoes (ankle boots), and voila! you’re ready to party.  To add a little shine to all that black, wear a silver or white gold cuff (like the one in the photo).

Holiday Night Out With Friends

For your Christmas celeb with friends, be ready to paint the town with your Little RED!  The perfect dress for this event is the Draped Beadwork Cocktail Dress, also by Jovani.  Its color, while being the iconic color of the season, is also great to add some heat to winter’s harsh cold.  An excellent contrast to the warmth of red would be some ice cold bling (Swarovski chandelier earrings, above) and silver rhinestone ankle boots (Steve Madden, above).  As for makeup, smoky eyes are your best bet for that ultra-glam look (MAC Cosmetics, above). 

Note: Notice that the shoes here are similar to the one at the first event?  Just pick one color that you think matches most of your clothes–that way, you can save your hard-earned moolah and still look fantastic!

New Year’s Eve Bash

End the past year and start the new one with a bang in this Tony Bowls Shorts Gold Sequin Dress, the ultimate party number!  With gold and silver sequins filling it all over, this dress will surely make you soar and shine just like a firework.  Since the dress is already heavily sequined, it’s best that you keep the accessories to a minimum with this one.  A cute addition could be these silver star earrings with rhinestones or a plain gold cuff, as worn by the model.  The shoes need to be quite toned down as well.  Try a pair in a pewter shade (Bebe, pictured above) as it’s best to underline the dress’ flash.  Don’t leave the house with bare nails, though–slather on your tips NARS’ Holiday Collection nail polish (as pictured above) and you’re ready to go.  Cheers!

Lovely ladies, have you found your holiday dress yet? If you haven’t, how about animal prints? Not only limited to tiger or leopard prints, now other animal prints begin to come with a choice of bright colors and adorable designs that are ready to become the latest trend.

Animal prints dresses or gowns will make you look more glamorous with exciting and fun twist. Zebra and leopard are the usual animal prints are popular, but this season we have more than that!

The Daring Butterfly

The Gorgeous Snake

The Beautiful Peacock

The Classic Leopard

The Fabulous Zebra

Here are some tips for wearing animal prints:
- Choose only one animal print item to wear, because you do not want to look like a walking zoo
- Integrate animal print piece with another garment basic color like black, white, brown, bright red, or even gold
- Wear minimalist or simple accessories
- Whatever dress or gown you are wearing, do not forget to wear the right underwear

Would you wear animal print dress this holiday?