How To Dress For A Cocktail Party

Hi, my name is Alexia and I'm a professional stylist. I am here at the heart of East London at the Pattern Market. This area is one of Britain's trendiest areas where a lot of fashion designers and people are heavily industry related.

Let's go inside and I will show you some things on how to dress. So you have been invited for a cocktail party. You might already have your outfit or you might be not much sure about what you should wear.

We can talk about shapes, lengths and what you can do to accessorize your look. I am wearing late 50s early 60s vintage shape which kind of gives a generous allowance around the kind of breast area, waist and allowance for the hips. It's modest length comes just on the knee which is kind of the way you want to be for cocktail party.

If you don't know what necessarily you want to be because it is cocktail party, so as I am here, I can show you a few vintage styles you might want to able to take with you to dress for this particular special occasion. These are all vintage numbers but this is another good shape and length to another 50s shape nipped at the waist and a generous allowance at the hips. This is good for someone who has a little bit of bottom, for someone like myself.

This is a kind of good dress for a cocktail party. We also have this particular style as well, it is a little bit more svelte, similar to the shape of what I'm wearing as well, but it is modest around the neck, etc., gives a nice shape over the bottom and a generous allowance for hips.

It's quiet of a womanly figure. You may be able to make a more straight cut and have not much chest, etc., bit more of a boyish slender figure.

This is a little bit more of a 80s style, would more probably more suit you. You can dress these things up with earrings etc. My favourite thing especially is dress with a clutch bag.

I have chosen these particular ones to show you as they are my favourite. This little one here is a gorgeous rose bag, this in compliment is a very basic outfit but makes it look quite stylish, always good for a cocktail party. We also have the gorgeous purse bag in a lip touch.

This is a classic shape and style that is created. This is super stylish clutch bag that is with you all times at the cocktail party. If you are a man, you might like to dress particularly smartly and wear a tie.

I have chosen to show you these ones. This particular one is by Richard James, and it is particularly gorgeous for any kind of occasion especially because it has got a larger bow. This is great for a cocktail party or the pool smith one.

It has got beautiful fine works on it and is great for any occasion especially for events like this. If you wanted to be a little more eccentric, one of the key things at the moment is the bow. If you don't have a dress that has a bow on the side, etc.

, whatever you can add one to the hair band and make your outlook finished with that. If you have a particularly plain black outfit, you might want to accessorize with something a little more eccentric and go for a large bow. This is been featured on quiet a lot over the last couple of seasons and it's quite fun to wear it on a cocktail party.

Personally, I don't wear heaps of jewelry myself. However, jewelry is something that you can really, is the prime time to show off articles in cocktail party. I tend to wear less, less is more for me, so I generally go for earrings and I often have my clothing, something so that I don't need necklace and have my normal ring.

Finish the whole outfit with a pair of shoes and have a fantastic time. .