Further to yesterday's swooshing about in an evening gown

I would like to add to the few gowns I pointed out yesterday my affection for the gowns below, as worn December 8th, 2008 to The New York Botanical Garden's Annual Winter Wonderland Ball sponsored by Chanel (which featured far too many people wearing black - surely, you all are aware there are indeed other colors...).



My hands-down favorite, Olivia Chantecaille. Photo: Style.com


Holly Dunlap's gown on right is gorgeous (not speaking for the headdress or the gown on the left). Photo: Style.com


This is marvelous on Byrdie Bell, co-chair. And I am not impartial because she and my daughter share a nickname... Photo: Style.com

The unmistakable swoosh of glamour in the evening

Don't talk to her when shooting stars are falling
Don't talk to her when she can smell the jasmine in the air...
When she's burning in the bedroom in an evening gown
-Don't Talk to Her at Night, Marc Cohn

Recently, E&E over at Elegant and Easy Life asked whether readers still wear an evening gown. I dare say, I am prevented from wearing anything I love once again this year, only one of the many unfortunate circumstances associated with being very pregnant. I miss the clothes most of all: They were both my career and my passion. The moment the ability to wear beautiful things slips away and I am relegated to tent-like trapeze things, I remind myself several times an hour that the child on the way will be so worth all the agonies great and small.

If I could, I would...

Oscar de la Renta . Poppy. Photo: Oscar de la Renta.

Missoni. Patsy. Neiman Marcus. Photo: Neiman Marcus.

Zac Posen. Siren. Bergorf Goodman.

Carmen Marc Volvo. Bergdorf Goodman.

Balenciaga vintage couture. The Frock.


Marc Bohan for Christian Dior. The Frock.



Carolina Herrera. Photo: Style.com


Carolina Herrera. Photo: Style.com