Keep in mind who your audience is and the cultures you are working with
The interplay between base color and embellishment color offers endless possibilities for personalization
If you're wearing a black cocktail dress for a wedding, though, make it anything but basic: Look for unique materials like lace or velvet, and details that set it apartthink cutouts, embellishments or an on-trend basque waist like this Ronny Kobo piece
The tunics, both Dorian and Ionic, might be sewn up on the open side, and in these cases they were sewn up entirely, for the term partially closed Dorian tunic, found in some of the books, rests on a misunderstanding of the dress
Thin shoulder straps lace up over the open back of this fabulous long evening gown, while the mermaid skirt smooths over the hips before flaring out around the knees and flowing to the floor