dress black strapless Drape Maxi Embrace elegance and charm with the Marie Maxi Dress Black Strapless Cut-Out Sweep/Brush Train

One principle runs through all four venues below: the dress code sets the formality floor, and the venue fine-tunes everything above it

Incorporating understated patterns is optional, but enhancing solid hues is always the safest way to showcase timeless cocktail attire

Theres no road, no parking lot, no sign pointing the way

What really differentiates Devil in a Blue Dress from the classic noirs of old, of course, is the fact that this is all told from an African-American perspective, which due to the 1940s setting has the potential to serve as a pertinent discourse on racism in America

Please refer to the abbreviations table if you are unfamiliar with any crochet terms used in the pattern

The sleeves give the dress that stylish edge