Eclectic Jewelry and Fashion

The cocktail dress rivals only the LBD for importance in a girl's closet. The cocktail is feminine, fun, and sexy, and made for a night out — what's not to love about that? And so it's only fitting that it get an entire book devoted to its history, curated and written by Style.com's Laird Borrelli- Persson. The Cocktail Dress traces the history of the piece, from its conception in the twenties to Dior's New Look interpretation to Audrey Hepburn's Givenchy number in Breakfast at Tiffany's to more recent couture looks. And, true to Borrelli-Persson's other image-heavy books, this one is filled with contributions by designers like Peter Som, Cynthia Rowley, and Isaac Mizrahi, and shows off dresses by Vionnet, Marc Jacobs, and more. And many of the contributors will be toasting the tome at the official launch tonight. (NY Cut) I personally love Twiggy and joan Crawford 's look, as well as all of the Christian Diors.......especially the vintage. 1. Joan Crawford in an Adrian design for the 1934 movie Sadie Mckee. 2. Two models in Christian Dior, 1951. 3. Twiggy, 1966 4. Models for Kasper for Joan Leslie (left) and John Anthony (right) with escort, circa 1975. 5. Kate Moss September 2003. 6. Sara Singh illustrations. 7. Costume sketch for Anjelica Huston for "Pritzi's Honor", 1985. 8. Maria Carla Boscono in Christian Dior couture, fall 2007.