If You're Like Me You are Not Sure about when to Wear 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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