Cocktail
Dresses
A cocktail Dress for an Event - A
Personal Story
Recently my husband and I attend a
formal fund raising event for our church. The evening
included drinks and appetizers followed by a dinner. The
evening also included a performance by a renowned string
quartet. The event was advertised as a formal event and the
tickets were quite expensive. We live in a small resort town
in the lakes area of our state. Because we are a resort area
the dress tends to be very casual. The organizers for the
fund raiser did not want casual attire so they emphasized
that this was to be a formal event during their
promotions.
My husband and I are strong supporters
of our church so we decided that we would attend the event.
I wore one of my cocktail dresses and my husband wore a
suit.
When we drove into the parking lot of
where the event was being held I could not believe the
clothes that I was seeing. Many of the women had on cocktail
dresses, but some had on formal gowns. Others had on dresses
that must have been worn as a bridesmaid dress at one point.
One group of women had on a mixture of
old bridesmaid dresses and prom dresses. They each wore a
hat and several also had feather boas. I told my husband
that I felt like I was going to a Halloween party rather
than a formal event.
As we approached the door two of the
women that were involved in organizing the event were
greeting people. They were both tastefully dressed in
cocktail dresses. They were visibly upset over the group
that had arrived in the strange formal attire. One of the
organizers is a friend of mine.
We went to a secluded area so she
could rant for a few minutes. She had tried so hard to
promote a nice social event and she felt that the group of
women were mocking her.
I tried to tell her that they were the
ones that looked out of place. I also reminded her that even
though the people that come to our resort area have a great
deal of money, many of the local people, who are members of
the church, have low paying jobs.
These women most likely could not
afford to buy cocktail dresses to wear for one evening. The
group of women drew a great deal of attention. They also
seemed to have a great deal of fun.
As the evening progressed people
enjoyed the drinks, food and music. By the end of the
evening it did not seem to matter if you were in cocktail
dresses or old formals. When the one organizer continued to
complain about the group of women, I reminded her that they
had paid the price for the tickets and they had not worn
jeans.
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