party dress

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Often, party dress codes—the first of this kind may have been in Vancouver in 2002—encourage their tackiness and that guests compete to see who donned the most disastrous one.

From Slate • Dec. 12, 2024

These enticing hors d’oeuvres stay put when you pick them up and do not fall apart, crumble or drip onto your party dress when you bite into them.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2024

From school uniforms to a party dress, costume designer Colleen Atwood turns her gothic style into hot fashion chic.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2023

It features a mannequin-like blonde in a black and lavender party dress lies stiffly on a velvet couch.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022

At Mama’s insistence, I’m in a velvet party dress, and even Mustafa grudgingly agreed to put on an ironed shirt and some jeans without any holes.

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan