The Return of the Cocktail Gown

A dress – or a state of mind? I love to wear cocktail gowns - just as I love the whole notion of a glittering, glamorous and somewhat decadent cocktail party! So, I am hereby launching a one-woman campaign: The Movement for the Return of the Cocktail Gown. Some will say the cocktail party never went away. And some will ask: what exactly is a cocktail gown? What makes a dress qualify for this description? My own view is simple: the cocktail gown is not so much a garment, as a state of mind! A return to elegance There are certain garments such as a man’s dinner jacket, that are indexes of a specific social institution rather than simply a fashion statement. They are defined not by their properties of…

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TransLiving International (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue 79

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