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Evening Leggings at Express

Kelli DesRochers — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:50:32 +0000

Comfortable cotton leggings have become a casual wardrobe staple for women over the last few years as a go-to bottom for weekend wear. You can slip on your favorite pair of leggings with flip-flops and a T-shirt dress and be ready to run out the door. I have about 10 pairs of black leggings that I love to wear as much ass possible!

I’ve always worn leggings as a casual separate, but new styles with sequins and shimmer look great for evening. If you love the way leggings look on you, consider dressy leggings with a mini and heels for your next evening outing! I found a couple pairs of evening leggings at Express that are affordable and fashionable.

Image: Express

Express Sequin Legging $98

I saw these in an ad in Vogue and they really caught my eye! I wasn’t so excited about the Lindsay Lohan-style shiny vinyl leggings that were popular for evening last winter, but this sequins style looks great.

Image: Express

Express Shiny Snakeskin Legging $39.50

These are shiny with a subtle snakesin texture. You might feel a little like Mystique from X-Men, but I think these will look amazing with a cashmere sweater dress or another non-shiny fabric on top for a dressy look.

The leggings online at Express are currently Buy One, Get One 50% Off (excluding the sequins!) so now is the time to stock up.

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Evening Leggings at Express

Notte by Marchesa Sample Sale!

Tracey Duncan — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:26:48 +0000

I love Marchesa for their timeless, feminine evening wear. I can almost never afford their upper crust prices, but this Ideeli sample sale has prices that are up to 75% retail. The dresses are amazing, but they’re selling out fast. Like I was looking at four dresses this morning that are now totally sold out, so check it out soon.

This short strapless number has a fabulous swingy skirt that’s perfect for dancing the last days of summer away. Marked down to $269 from $1,050.

This black halter gown is old hollywood glamorous and totally runway ready. I love the lace and velvet trim at the waist, and the full, elegant skirt. Marked down to $199 from $840.

Available at Ideeli. You need an invitation to shop on Ideeli, and if you click here, you’ll get one.

Photo Credits: Ideeli

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Notte by Marchesa Sample Sale!

Velvet Petal Jacket by Stella McCartney

Tracey Duncan — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:56:56 +0000

I know that for those of you in the heart of summer heatspells, it seems unlikely that fall will ever come. But come it will, and with it confusion about how to continue to wear your still new summer frocks without looking foolish. I love this cropped jacket as a great to way to warm up a cocktail dress, and just as a great way to warm up.

The short, open style is small enough to allow the details of a dress to show through, but substantial enough to provide a bit of warmth. I think it would look amazing with a brightly colored wisp of a dress, black stockings and pumps. You could even wear it now to the kind of events where the a/c is on high, which seems to be most of them. Available for $1,965 from Net-A-Porter.

Photo Credit: Net-A-Porter

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Velvet Petal Jacket by Stella McCartney

Metallic Print Gowns: More Runway Trends

Tracey Duncan — Sat, 30 May 2009 03:15:41 +0000

The evening wear on the Fall runways was every kind of metallic and glittery. I’ve already covered the more uniform fabrics in metallics, and glitters, but another thing that is really blowing me away is the way metallics have been used to create patterns.

Metallic printing and sequins have been combined in a way on this Pucci gown that makes the shimmery fabric look like it is falling in waves. The ornately embellished bodice is balanced out by the delicate simplicity of the chiffon skirt.

The metallic sequins on this Calvin Klein gown are clustered into an almost giraffe print pattern. When I think of sequins, I usually think of prom type gowns, but this is an utterly classic and chic print. The asymmetrical hem of the skirt and the simple silhouette keep the print from going over the top.

This dramatic Zac Posen gown is one of my absolute favorites. The combination of the deep sweep and elaborate sleeves is just breathtaking, and the interwocen metallic threads create subtle striping that enhances the long lines of the gown.

Photo Credits: Coutorture

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Metallic Print Gowns: More Runway Trends

more metallic yumminess

Chloe Findlay-Harder — Tue, 01 May 2007 03:20:20 +0000

And some metallic shoes are completely & luciously (is that a word?) for evening wear:

This is the “Evanthia” by Sergio Rossi.

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more metallic yumminess