Time to Stock up on Formal Dresses
When the leaves turn color, it’s time to start thinking about all the upcoming special events. From holiday parties to Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve, the winter months tend to be long on glitz. If you are getting invitations in the email, it’s time to update your party look. The stores are full of formal dresses right now, including full-length ball gowns for white tie affairs and cocktail dresses for semi-formal and formal events.
Unfortunately, all that holiday buying can mean that your budget is somewhat sparse. If this is the case, you need a good action plan to get your closet into holiday shape:
1) Look over what you have. Pull out last year’s finery, your accessories, and even dig out those party dresses from two years ago. Does anything need mending? If so, now is the time to visit the tailor. Get any promising formal dresses professionally cleaned so that they are looking their best. Classic dresses can likely still suit in a pinch this year, with updated accessories. Anything that does not look or feel great gets donated to charity right now. That karma will come in handy when you hit the stores.
2) Evaluate your likely needs. Pull out your calendar and look at your holiday schedule. What trips are you going on that will require formal wear? What parties do you anticipate? What sort of formal dress could you wear to each event?
3) Go window shopping. This is the fun part. Hit the stores to look at the new arrivals for the holiday season. Many stores will now have new stock and you will enjoy the best selection of formal dresses right now. Of course, most of the new arrivals will be at full retail, but looking will give you a good idea of which dresses you might want.
4) Get some retail support. Find out about upcoming store sales and promotions. Get friendly with the sales staff and ask them to call you if a particular formal dress you love goes on sale. Get on store mailing lists so that you will be aware of upcoming store events.
When the leaves turn color, it’s time to start thinking about all the upcoming special events. From holiday parties to Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve, the winter months tend to be long on glitz. If you are getting invitations in the email, it’s time to update your party look. The stores are full of formal dresses right now, including full-length ball gowns for white tie affairs and cocktail dresses for semi-formal and formal events.
Unfortunately, all that holiday buying can mean that your budget is somewhat sparse. If this is the case, you need a good action plan to get your closet into holiday shape:
1) Look over what you have. Pull out last year’s finery, your accessories, and even dig out those party dresses from two years ago. Does anything need mending? If so, now is the time to visit the tailor. Get any promising formal dresses professionally cleaned so that they are looking their best. Classic dresses can likely still suit in a pinch this year, with updated accessories. Anything that does not look or feel great gets donated to charity right now. That karma will come in handy when you hit the stores.
2) Evaluate your likely needs. Pull out your calendar and look at your holiday schedule. What trips are you going on that will require formal wear? What parties do you anticipate? What sort of formal dress could you wear to each event?
3) Go window shopping. This is the fun part. Hit the stores to look at the new arrivals for the holiday season. Many stores will now have new stock and you will enjoy the best selection of formal dresses right now. Of course, most of the new arrivals will be at full retail, but looking will give you a good idea of which dresses you might want.
4) Get some retail support. Find out about upcoming store sales and promotions. Get friendly with the sales staff and ask them to call you if a particular formal dress you love goes on sale. Get on store mailing lists so that you will be aware of upcoming store events.<-->