For a comprehensive look at traditional styling rules and standard expectations across different functions, explore our baseline guide detailing what a woman should wear to a black tie event
If you receive an invitation with any combination of those words, feel free to mix, match, and accessorize away
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*The model wears a custom dress based on her body measurements and height
Now, bodies tend to fall into sometimes unflatteringly-named shapes: Apple (for someone with a larger middle), Inverted Triangle (for someone with broader shoulders and narrow waist and hips,) Rectangle (someone with similar width shoulders, waist, and hips,) Hourglass (has similar sized shoulders and hips, with a narrow waist,) and Pear (for those whose hips are the widest point on their body.) But they do tell a descriptive story, so well use those labels