Meilani Mini Dress

A blue cocktail dress usually plays it safe. The Meilani goes sky blue and then covers the whole thing in beading, which is a different decision entirely.

The beadwork holds its shape through a full evening instead of giving up by the second hour, and it catches light from across a room. Sky blue holds under a warm bulb, so the color you chose is the color people see.

It is short, bright and hard to file away.