A reader asks what to wear for a new ... (As for the formal bit, that’s the easy part. It can be handled in fabric and accessories: chiffon, silk, taffeta, a bead or 10, and heels.) ...

By definition, beach formal wedding attire requires the same elevated evening-wear choices you’d pick ... Instead of dresses and suits made from crepe, taffeta, or even wool, you’d go for ...

“I have just bought myself a taffeta dress for Christmas day — I love to dress up for it,” she says. “I used to wear mini ones, but now I’ve gone bigger.” “Christmas is the ultimate ...

The words prom dress once conjured images of shimmering taffeta and poofy princess skirts ... and beyond might wear. Over the past decade or so, the style divisions among age groups have become ...

It made me suddenly an outcast and a radical, a bomb thrower in a green taffeta dress. Three different boys asked me to the prom, but at the time, I didn’t have a steady boyfriend. So I chose ...