I just love a pretty party dress.
I love searching for them online, I love weaving through them on store racks, I love walking by them in glass-encased displays, I love watching them sashay on skinny little things down runways, I love admiring them on other women, I love trying them on, I love buying them, and I love wearing them out on a weeknight to a fancy steak dinner at the Palm followed by an opening-night showing of an
action movie at the Chinatown cineplex.
A day without a cocktail dress occasion doesn't go by without notice; if I could, I'd wear one every day of the week,
even to a Capitals/Oilers game at the Verizon Center.
And who knows, maybe I will...
For the rest of you dress-hungry ladies, I've rounded up a few more pretty lil' frocks to brighten up this very cold and very dreary DC day.
Enjoy.
Satin tulip dress by Betsey Johnson
($179 at
bluefly.com)

Draped belt dress by Leyendecker
($79.20 at
shopbop.com)

‘Virgine’ high-neck dress by Samantha Treacy*
($231 at
shopbop.com)


Cotton ‘Cady’ dress by J.Crew
($250 at
jcrew.com)


Runway shift dress by Tracy Reese
($183.20 at
eluxury.com)


Plaid ‘Dolly’ dress by L.A.M.B.
($230.90 at
saks.com)


*your Editrix's favorites
**I desperately tried to find a $250-or-less orange dress worthy of inclusion but after coming across
this after
this after
this, I gave up and instead shared with you this fabulous, orange-ish Tahari blouse that I, myself, may have a "place order" party with later on tonight...
***credit to Etcetera for showing me the Eliza J dress (apologies for not doing so sooner)