I love this dress from Vintage Martini. The color is amazing and the bodice really interesting. (The only problem with interesting-bodice dresses, though, is you have to be comfortable with people staring at your chest! I guess that's why they design 'em that way, but still …)
It's $95 and 36-26-36 … click on the image to check it out.
I wish that I could have a couple minutes with this dress to figure out how exactly the bodice was cut, but not enough to spend $95, especially as it wouldn't fit me now (although I, like the rest of the world, have high hopes for remedying that in January), and because I absolutely don't need any more party dresses. I did a little check last night to see just how many party dresses/clothes I had, and the count was double digits. The dressy-party count this year, so far? Two. So perhaps I am a little overstocked in the dressy-clothes category. Not to mention a little understocked in the interesting-life category. Not that I'm trolling for invites, mind you. Although my email address is on the right, down at the bottom … I don't drink, so I'm a really cheap guest. 🙂
A Dress A Day 
I know the feeling of all dressed up and no place to go.I’m in a documentary that made it to the competition at Sundance, and part of the excitement about going is getting to wear fancy clothes.I have a black gown I wore to my nephew’s bar mitzvah last year (actually it’s my sister’s), and a hot pink strapless prom dress I wore to my sister’s wedding in 1987 (which may no longer fit). And two mid-length dresses left by Nana – a navy blue number with frilly sheer layers (worn to an Emmy party when I worked in TV, and to a blue-themed wedding a few days later), and a silky gray contraption with a wrap.But now I’m hearing Sundance is all sweaters and jeans, even for world premieres. I don’t own pants, but that still means sweaters and skirts, or dresses a lot less fancy than the above.Oh well, a girl can dream of Cannes or the Oscars. Or more likely, another bar mitzvah.
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Sorry ellen: I’m from Utah, and I’m afraid that the Sundancers always appear to be having some sort of corduroy-wool-and-leather fest. (Which is sweet if you’re a movie star and have to dress up all of the time, but heck if you’re looking for an excuse to buy some fabulous new clothes. *sigh* Personally, I don’t think I’ve gone anywhere above “Sunday Best” since my wedding—12 years ago.
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THIS dress…..Daring….Dashing…and 2 wear & go out…along with one`s DARLING…..the colorz amazing…..must 4 night..or evening…
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UGH … or me
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Too UGH on me!
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