There will always be one woman, at least, at every ball who wears something totally inappropriate. Wether it's the 40+ year old with 7 kids who stands about 4'9 and has a tailor made dress. A tailor made dress with a neckline so plunging it goes all the way to her waist band. Or the wife who has a really nice figure, but decides to go with a sequined dress that practically has cut outs for her breasts. It can be distracting and frankly ridiculously embarrassing for the wearer of the bad dress. Don't be her!
You can never go wrong with classic. Ask the CLO, or a woman who has been at post at least a year what the ball is like. Floor length or shorter? Tropical posts almost all tend to be fine shorter, but not hot pants length shorter of course. Ann Taylor has dresses. Nordstrom has dresses. J Crew has dresses. You can have a dress made if your at a post where that is done.
And while you may have princess fantasies you would love to act out, the above dress would never be appropriate at a Marine Corps ball. Or anything else that requires a hoop skirt.
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