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Close Classic Stunner Dress in Horizon $99.99 $49.99
Whether youre greeting guests at an elegant gala or attending a debutante dinner with your paramour, your timeless style shines through in this BB Dakota dress! Its luminous, softly fading stripes enchant onlookers with it shining hues of iris, royal purple, silver, and graphite. A pleated, A-line skirt and sleeveless bodice create a classic, figure-flattering silhouette that glides alongside you while you mingle. Worn with a strand of pearls, a lady-like pair of pumps, and a shimmering hair accessory, this dress leaves a lasting impression!
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Close More Than Just Romance Dress $119.99
We cherish the thought of always having this immaculate formal frock by our side! How could one part with this glamorous dress' fanciful details, such as its voluminous, sequined skirt, which coyly achieves noteworthy surprise with multiple layers of black tulle lining? The feminine, flattering, asymmetrical bodice is secured by way of a discreet side zip, and adorned with delicate black mesh pleats which glisten against a neutral full lining. Slip this stare-worthy number on over black fishnets, then add glitzy peep toe pumps, a few chunky bangles, and a plethora of silver necklaces for a look everyone will fall in love with!
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Close Goodnight, Swoon Dress $97.99
As the full moon casts its glow on the golden, floral embroidery of your strapless dress, your eyes alight with the knowledge that your gala successfully raised funds, and turned a ballroom into a romantic, wintry wonderland. Just above your lightly padded sweetheart neckline, youve hung a crystalline statement necklace, so now your whole outfit shimmers from your ivory peep toes to your golden, bow headband as you rest on the ballrooms balcony. Smartly placed rhinestones top this stunning dress beige, gilded mesh, catching the light of the moons rays. Layered in silky fabric and voluminous, tendriled netting, the skirt of this fit-and-flare, floral stunner is practically luminous as you savor this sweet moment.
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Close Pixel Perfect Dress $419.99 $125.99
Holiday lights bounce off your sparkly party dress by Eva Franco, and twinkle like the star-studded sky. Tonights garden party is the perfect setting for your gorgeous, striped dress whose navy, green, and silver pigments are as rich as the night. While your dress pleated skirt flares from your natural waist, a grand bow sits below your strapless bodice. Accessorize this piece with a silver bib necklace, jeweled box clutch, and strappy heels for a look thats absolutely elegant and enchanting!
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Close Clockwork Wonder Dress $257.99 $76.99
Raise a glass of bubbly, and count down the minutes to a fresh new year! Tonight youre wearing this elegant party dress by Corey Lynn Calter, and you're ready for a year of endless possibilities! Calters line, which launched in 2000, places brilliant twists on classic silhouettes, and her eclectic mix of influences, from the New York punk scene to the San Francisco opera, are apparent in every piece. This particular sheath boasts a nostalgic, yet playful, white-gold print reminiscent of the inner workings of a clock. With black velvet platforms that complement the piping and sheer neckline of your dress, you help to usher in a new day with your closest friends beside you!
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Close Once Upon a Gleam Dress $79.99
If your reveries have foretold youd be floating on a cloud all through the upcoming ball, you might have to pinch yourself when this perfect, pure white dress appears before your eyes! Place its padded sweetheart bust and ever-so voluminous tulle skirt on your frame in a flurry, wasting no time twirling this lined frock through the ballrooms tall front doors. With iridescent jewels blooming up to this dress sheer shoulders, this wondrous wear enhances the fairytale twinkle in your eyes, much like your golden heels and pearl-dotted hairdo!
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Close Laguna Peach Dress $84.99
Your brothers wedding weekend in this seaside town calls for a rehearsal-dinner dress worthy of an artsy space and your fantastic, show-stopping speech. Wow the crowd with your wit and beauty in this peachy, beaded dress and ensure the night is one to remember. A scalloped hem and intricate, iridescent beading draw attention to this neutral number! Looking like a delicate blossom doesnt mean you cant show off your edgy humor and sharp speaking skills - in your family heirloom earrings, golden wedges, and simple fascinator you steal the spotlight, if only for a moment, in this beauty of a beaded dress!
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Close Good as Golden Dress $79.99
Awaiting the arrival of your date, you choose this dazzling golden specked dress for the annual office party! Zipping yourself into this lined, pocketed dress, complemented with a defined waist and bell-style skirt, you feel confident in your charming choice. Pair it with black peep-toe heels and a silky black clutch, and you'll look and feel as good as gold as your date whisks you off to the evenings festivities!
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Close Well Ill Be Dazzled Dress $84.99
This item was picked by you in our Be the Buyer Program and will be sold exclusively online at ModCloth! Well if it isnt the most style-sparkling dress weve ever seen! Send emotions of awe through all you encounter at the party by pairing the silver-touched lace of this black frocks illusion neckline with a bustier-style bra, sapphire heels, and a gemstone clutch. With an evening-appropriate open back, a sweetheart silhouette, and a lined skirt, this brilliant dress will send others speechless!
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Close Elegance With a Sparkle Dress $99.99
For tonights event, you knew you wanted a formal dress that would embody a splendorous sense of merriment. The silver-and-gold sequins and beads that make this graceful ivory dress sparkle do just that! Having slid the hidden back zip of this strapless piece up over matching white tights and metallic gold pumps, you offer the most dazzling beauty the nights seen. Secret touches, such as padding and boning at the bow-embellished bust, no-slip tape along a sweetheart neckline, and smooth lining beneath this crepe garment ensure your comfort, while its glimmering trim enhances your gorgeous smile. Catching your reflection as you glide past a window, even you are wowed with your glamorous ensemble!
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Close Elegance With a Sparkle Dress in Midnight $99.99 $69.99
For tonights event, you knew you wanted a formal dress that would embody a splendorous sense of merriment. The silver sequins and beads that make this graceful midnight-blue dress sparkle do just that! Having slid the hidden back zip of this strapless piece up over white tights and metallic silver pumps, you offer the most dazzling beauty the night has seen. Secret touches, such as padding and boning at the bow-embellished bust, no-slip tape along a sweetheart neckline, and smooth lining beneath this crepe garment, ensure your comfort, while its glimmering trim enhances your gorgeous smile. Catching your reflection as you glide past a window, even you are wowed with your glamorous ensemble!
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Close Fairer Crochet Dress $89.99 $62.99
Festive lights at tonights party twinkle on the folds of your sleeveless, silky rose dress, while bubbly champagne sparkles like the white and gold crochet overlay of your bodice. Above your keyhole neckline glints a delicate gold necklace that youve paired with a metallic pochette and vintage leaf rings. As you walk from room to room in your satin pumps, the voluminous tulle lining of your dress floats like a cloud wrapped around you, and you forget for just one second that youre not in a fairytale!
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Close Speckled Someone Dress $92.99
Before you can put your love for this dreamy ivory dress into words, you just know it's pure perfection. Its empire waist features rows of lacy gold-and-white appliques that encircle its bodice, while shimmery metallic thread is speckled throughout this frocks entire sheer overlay. An additional layer of white organza adds fullness to the A-line skirt, creating an elegant masterpiece of a dress. Pair this semi-sheer piece with diamonds and glittery heels to create a look that youll fall in love with, time and time again.
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Close Jazz and Dazzle Dress $49.99 $24.99
As hostess and owner of a popular jazz cafe, you like to wear work outfits, like this black peplum dress, that have enough pizzazz to bring you from day to night. While meeting with artist managers to discuss booking, you wear horn-rimmed glasses and a charcoal blazer over your stretch-fabric frock for a professional feel. Later, when the curtains open, you hang up your jacket, take the stage, and flaunt sparkly silver chandelier earrings, which perfectly accent your beaded yoke-neck collar.
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Close Swan Dance Dress $79.99
Just as dramatic and stunning as the extended wings of a swan is your breathtaking reveal of this voluminous, white dress at the dance. Spin slowly, so that all can see its layered, lettuce-style hem and be inspired by the iridescent gemstones splashed upon the keyhole of its padded-bodice and single-shouldered silhouette. With a sheer violet shawl draped over the back-smocking of this lined number and pearlescent peep toes on your gracefully stepping feet, your look is the most poetically pretty of the evening!
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Close Rich in Radiance Dress $94.99 $28.99
For a look with unmissable lustre, ground your look in this gorgeous gold and amethyst sheath dress! The shimmering, abstract brocade of this strapless piece glisten like gems under the chandelier light. Alongside your patterned, black tights, sapphire heels, and dangling earrings, this dress and its dramatic, black accents make for a perfectly priceless ensemble!
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Close Belle of the Ball Gown $189.99
Move over white knights, theres a new Princess Charming in town. While some nights call for subtlety, your big dance isnt one of them, so get all dolled up in this all-out party dress fromBettie Page Clothing! Retro-inspired designer Tatyana createdBettie Page Clothing out of a hankering to produce high-quality, high-glamour fashion with a mix of the modern. As you make your entrance in pearlescent peep toes and the thick collar of pearly baubles that you've draped over the cutout neckline, the whole room turns to stare - the dramatic layers of blue, floral organza, magenta satin, and matching tulle create a built-in crinoline that lifts your full-skirted, belted dress and elevates your style. A look this fairy-tale-pretty can be made delicate and darling or royally edgy by mixing its ...
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Close Chelsey’s ModStyle for Miles Dress $99.99
When shes not helping others shine with her haute suggestions, Chelsey, a ModStylist in our Pittsburgh office who is present-ly celebrating her Mod-iversary, is modeling her marvelous taste in timeless pieces like this dazzling formal dress. A tribute to her thoughtful style and sparkling character, this namesake frock, found exclusively at ModCloth, touts a few of Chelseys favorite features, including a classic A-line silhouette, gilded touches throughout its champagne-colored jacquard fabric, and a tiered bow for good - no, great - measure! To create an ensemble that would even charm Chelsey, pair this perfectly posh, fully lined piece with elegant aubergine wedges and a smattering of brilliant bow accessories, then give yourself a glittering manicure to match!
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Close Royally Radiant Dress $104.99 $51.99
Celebrating a milestone birthday in this ice-blue, brocade dress from Yumi ensures youll feel like royalty at your soiree. Known for their use of eye-catching designs and vibrant splashes of color, UK designer Yumi draws inspiration from both London street style and their international customer base to provide you with creative pieces to parade across the globe. Whether tonight calls for an intimate, upscale dinner or a big blow-out, this dress will have you shining as you walk through the rotating doors - the iridescent shimmer of its tapestry catching camera flashes and playing off your mauve suede heels. You remove your faux-fur-trimmed coat to reveal this pleated party dress cutout back. Give a little wave, and get ready to be the center of attention at your party thats worthy of ...
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Close Glimmer and Dancing Dress $67.99
How can you make a classic date night of dinner and dancing even more beautiful? By wearing this satiny, lacy twofer dress, which epitomizes timeless glamour. From its lightly padded sweetheart bust to its hem, this fit-and-flare frock is lined in silky cream fabric. Its cap sleeves and back remain sheer, shimmery, and covered in gilded, bubbly black lace, while its pleated skirt, which is complete with a full mesh underlay, creates volume perfect for twirling and whirling your way through the ballroom. Try out the tango or perfect your waltz, because, paired with black, bow-topped kitten heels and sparkling jewels, this dress - and evening - is certainly one to remember.