Choosing appropriate dinner gown styles for an event can be a very daunting task, from your choice of color and material to the length and style of the dress.
Have you ever been in a situation where you were so close to turning down an invitation because you ‘have nothing to wear’? Every woman’s answer to this is a resounding yes!
Unlike our male counterparts, who can just switch colors of their tux or dinner jacket for different events and they’re good to go, it’s not as easy as that for women. Combing through different dinner gown styles to select the best can be quite overwhelming.
Whenever you’re approaching the confused state, pause for a few seconds, take a deep breath, and backtrack. Here’s how to do that;
What’s The Occasion?
The event plays a vital role in determining the dinner gown styles to select. Is it a dinner date or a gala dinner? If it’s a gala dinner, is there a theme or a dress code? is there a color code? This would help you narrow your choices.
What’s Your Budget?
Having settled the occasion’s dos and don’ts, make a mental note or preferably a list of your budget for your entire outfit to ensure you’re not going off-track financially and spending so much on just the dress.
What Are You Comfortable With?
Now proceed to make a list of what you are comfortable wearing while keeping in mind the occasion and your budget. For instance, do you mind showing skin? what part of your body are you confident showing off? What body part do you want to accentuate?
Choosing Colors
If it’s a dinner date and you’re in doubt, wear red or black, trust me, these colors never fail. Asides being romantic colors, they suit all skin colors. If it’s a more public event, and there’s a color code, good for you!
Although some organisers list more than one color code (which is a good thing in my opinion) if this is the case, make a list of them and select the one that best matches your skin color. I understand we all have personal favorite colors but choosing a color that best suit your skin tone, eyes and hair should be paramount.
Use this as a guide: white, khaki, dark purple or plum, red, grey, light blue, orange, gold, or pink best suits dark-skinned women while warm khaki colors, peach tones, teals, red, bright blues and greens best suit lighter skin tones.
As a light-skinned woman, you should avoid black and white as much as you can because the contrast is too much for your skin and will only emphasize the lack of color.
Now that you’ve been able to narrow down your choices, let’s move on to the fun part!
10 Dinner Gown Styles
Here are 10 beautiful dinner gown styles you can recreate.
Strapless High Split Sequin Dress
While giving you a perfect fit, this beautiful piece allows you to show off that beautiful skin you’ve got with the strapless style and high split accentuating your, shoulders arms and legs.
Deep V-Neck Contrast Sequin Dress
Whoosh! this is oozing sexiness! you’ve got full gorgeous boobs? there’s a variety of dinner gown styles to flaunt it with and this is definitely one of them.
One Shoulder High Split Dress
This is giving boss chic vibes and I totally love it! This is your go-to outfit if you want to look compelling yet attractive.
Tiny Strap V-Neck Dress
Cool colors suit this style better. The beauty of this particular piece is in its simplicity.
It’s that dress that you won’t notice at first but when you finally do, can’t take your eyes off it! If you’re the shy type and not looking to attract too much attention to yourself while still looking gorgeous, I highly recommend this for you.
However, if you’re not comfortable exposing a little cleavage, check out the next style.
One-Shoulder Tiny Strap Dress
This outfit allows you to flaunt your shoulders and arms without revealing your boobies.
Are you on the lookout for dinner gown styles that you can flex your beautiful slender arms in? You’ve got it right here!
Little Black Dress (LBD)
Well, of course, this compilation of dinner gown styles won’t be complete without mentioning the famous little black dress. If you want a dinner dress that has that chic edge to it, this would definitely do the trick.
Tiny Strap Flayed Dress
This dinner dress gives you that comfortable and soothing feel with the flay swishing around your hips and the flayed tips dancing around your feet. If you’re not in the mood for a figure-hugging dress this is the perfect fit for you.
Elegant Swing Dress
Where are my attention lovers? this dress is screaming “look at me!” this piece will definitely turn heads and attract all the attention you desire.
Swishy V-Neck Dress With Emphasized Sleeves
This is another swishy dress that oozes class and style. While it’s not so attention-seeking, it sure has the criteria to sustain an admirer’s stare.
Long-Sleeved Deep V-Neck Lace Dress
Among the surplus dinner gown styles, this is one sleek dress that commands attention yet has a calm touch to it. While the deep v-neck accentuates your cleavage and neck area,the body of the dress highlights your curves and flows to the ground in a soothing manner.
Conclusion
You are allowed to switch colors of any of the dinner gown styles you wish to slay, with regards to the skin tone factor and your taste. Your Skin tone should come before your taste though, so you don’t end up wearing a beautiful piece that’s a pain to look at due to the color contrast.
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