Best dress to wear to a wedding?

All right. I’ve been to one other wedding but this time I’m going with someone who I just want to BLOW away by looking great. Firstly, what dress is appropriate to wear to someone’s wedding? Evening gown? Cocktail? Ball? Women! Gay men! Help! Let me give some details: I’m about 5’4″ — Green eyes, brunette, olive skin tone. I’m full figured… I have a chest, I have a butt, I have hips. I would like something that flatters but doesn’t make me look like a walking tea-pot. I’m not a plus-size. Any suggestions on color, style, shoes and hair would be great! Thanks!
The wedding is your standard formal wedding. It’s at night. I’m in Arizona and it’s in February.
I’d prefer a dress over pants. I rarely get to be dolled up for anything so I’d like to take the opportunity. My hair is long, but not excessive. Right below the shoulder blades.

If you want to blow him away you must look like you did not put too much effort in looking great. Therefore, “excess” is something that you need to stay away from. You don’t want everybody’s eyes on you for the wrong reason: you want his eyes on you for the very right reasons.

Choose a discrete, elegant, non show-off dress. Check out America Ferrara’s dress at the Golden Globes ceremony last Monday. She too is full figured, yet not plus-size. She has your same complexion. Her dress was beautiful, it showed off her main attributes. She has boobs and she showed it, yet in a very elegant and classy way. I think the color of the dress was some shade of purple/blue. Beautiful. Purples go wonderful on green-eyed brunettes. I would not wear an evening gown. A cocktail dress would be appropriate, it will let you show some leg as well. The shoes I’d pick depend a lot on the dress, but as in the dress’ case keep it simple, classy, and sexy.

You don’t mention your hair length, but if it’s not too long, say at your shoulders’ length, I’d keep it loose, very natural, brushed straight but with volume on the roots and tips, that you can add with a curler. If it’s long you may want to curl it up some, with long wide waves, like Jennifer Hudson at the Golden Globes. Or check out at the Golden Globes too Grey’s Anatomy actress Sara Ramirez. She was beautiful, her hair, her dress, gorgeous.

Good luck… and good looks.

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