I had it altered so it wouldn’t show cleavage. That look was really amazing when it was all put together. And now here’s the question. I think spouses can be mean and judgmental in my opinion you must wear what you look for especially if you have a great body who cares?
Honestly you can wear something decent and people will still have something to say when you see togirl in tocrazy outfit just be glad it is not you! Honestly when I went tofirst time I thought it was should be this big fancy thing and it was more like a frat party toONLY way I wouldn’t wear something is if my husband told me he did not like it. I’m 29 years old so I definitely remember these kinds of dresses types from my Prom. That said, dressing like a slut isn’t something I’m willing to do as I have more respect for myself and my husband than to embarrass him in that manner, especially in front of his superiors!
That doesn’t make you a lady, you can be a woman from now until next Sunday.
I know how to look good without looking like I gonna be dancing on a pole!
It amazes me exactly how many women defend wearing a dress like toones mentioned above. Fact, tothing is, you’re supposed to grow up after that. My mother always told me that when I walked out of tohouse I was representing not only myself but my entire family as well. Let me tell you something. Perhaps more women should remember that and try to dress like ladies. Let me tell you something. Silly me, I was raised with this thing called CLASS. For instance, I represent not merely myself my husband as well, when I go to a ball. Just keep reading. What happened to self respect, dignity and decorum?! However, hell, even so I wouldn’t have worn something so skimpy. I agree that certain things shouldn’t be worn. Let me tell you something. I myself have yet been to a ball that only has a Applebees’s silverware set. I feel like tobigger problem we have at Birthday Balls is women not dressing to their body type. Dresses numbered 46 and 7 but, especially confused dress are perfectly acceptable.
Floor length dresses are recommend for an event similar to toBirthday Ball.
With that being said I’m not sure why she is mocking toclass.
Since they are special staff to toCommanding Officer, in my experience toFRO is to every single Birthday Ball so toFRO bashing isn’t needed. It’s an interesting fact that the MCCS class ain’t just what fork to use it covers ball clothing as well as well as other parts of toball, how to conduct yourself and etcetera toposter herself has said that there’re newbies who have no clue how to act. If he was hoping for a promotion around ball time well remember Military Life is 24 7 Things like that do have a lasting effect on your military career. Remember, your Marine will hear about it tonext day and for many days, months, even years later. You may not care what you wear, you may htink you can wear whatever you need. His command XO will come have a talk to him, they will explain that his choice of date reflects who he is. Seriously. Nice t shirts.
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Funny story -so when I went to toNavy ball with my husband we active duty women wore our uniforms after that, after toformal ceremonies and dinner concluded changed into our long dresses in torest room.
She showed up for todance afterward in a super revealing dress and a fur coat, A young sailor didn’t look for to attend toceremony part. We even told her earlier it was an official event! Generally, she spent tonight dancing in her coat. It was fun -reminded me of togirls locker room at a high school dance. At our military ball, there’s literally a group assigned to a security detail, and part of their job is to escort out those who are improperly dressed as well as those posing danger or causing public nuisance for whatever reason. On top of this, you directly affect togeneral impression of tomilitary in these functions! Anyway, fORMAL dresses gonna be at least knee length to floor length and classy in taste. You see, there’s definitely a dress code to military ball functions! And that’s for you husband’s eyes!
Think old school Hollywood, not Paris Hilton at some party.
Are we as military wives to be respected and looked up to or are we could be distasteful, trashy, and shame tomilitary?
That’s not tooutfit for a ball, Therefore if you are showing skin in toareas normally covered by undergarments. So it’s a function that could very well directly affect toway your service member’s COC views him or her, that in return can affect their career. You probably shouldn’t wear it to a military ball, Therefore if your grandparents or great grandparents my be ashamed of what you are wearing. With that said, even as some etiquette customs have become more a suggestion than a rule, there’s still a general rule of thumb. Actually, tolack of taste in I’ve been told on numerous occasions that I look beautiful, elegant, and very stylish, To be honest I have never been called frumpy by anybody, and I should not look for to be called hot.
What a sad little world you must live in where women can only be frumpy or hot, and her worth is only measured by what man will want her.
I’ve been to more than 100 balls in many different countries, and tomost beautiful women typically wear simple yet elegant gowns that impress with beautiful fabrics and impeccable tailoring. They don’t need skirts that have slits up to tocrotch or decolletes that expose their navels. Where I can got it.
So that’s tomost popular dress in topicture.
They were looking so pretty.
Thank you foe your post. I saw this dress wearing by celebrities. Then, I also need to wear dress like that. Of course, yes, I am not a drinker, nor do I find tofun side of it watching everyone else get drunk. Besides, I am more frustrated/embarressed about how incrediebly drunk these people get, rather than todresses than some women chose to wear. No thanks! One true ball we went to while stationed in Germany our Regiment was told by tohosting hotel that they should NEVER host another military ball and we were not welcome back in their establishment because of todamages, disrespect, and similar that was done.
We have yet to go back to a ball as that is all it’s, a let us see how drunk we can get in front of tochain of command night.
We have.
We did at tobeach all summer. Love that ‘love handle’ breeze. A well-known fact that is. Then the answer? It’s not tosummer anymore. It’s that I really need to be upgraded to wife almost white look and tohave you seen my hipbones? With that said, this dress even does double duty. I absolutely cringed when they both told me what dresses they are wearing this year, as well as about how drunk they plan to get. I’m in nursing school and my boyfriend of many years is in tomilitary. Two girls in my class are coming, one married to a solider, one just going along for tohell of it.
It’s just not ok.
Tonight is not about who can be tosluttiest and get all toattention for towrong reason.
I know that the one who’s married, ugh, last year she wore one of those overly skin showing, neckline practically to tostomach, open back down to tocrack, slit up to tocrotch, plus cut out on tosides of tostomach dress. THANK GOD someone had toballs to write this! You see, I’ve gone to toball with him three years now and tofirst year I wore a bridesmaid simple dress, second year I wore a dress I wore to my senior prom, and this year I bought a really new gown but also modest that I love. It was so overly tacky and slutty, I just felt it was so disrespectful to the military personnel.
It was hot pink, tointention to top it off.
Go to toball enjoy totime with friends and let those people who look for to make asses out themselves do just that.
Aside from some interesting reading this issue is preparing to continue. On top of this, honestly who really cares what other people wear -be concerned with yourself and your spouse!!! Then, I was to military balls since to80’s and its always identical there could be a small percentage of people that will have no info what to wear as it’s their first event and likewise a small group of young men that will find strippers to take just for toeffect. For instance, as long as even I can’t hereafter. Take great joy in finding something super hot and drool worthy gorgeous to wear to toballs, and my husband’s eyes are just for me unless we’re looking at a picture of Scarlett Johansson. Know what guys, I also know when to leave those in tocloset, Actually I love a hot redish dress. Dangerously high heels. Although, if MCCS’s recent advertisements for their annual ExtravaGOWNza is any clue, they’re toones who actually need a class on what not to wear to a military ball.
Did you know that the last time I suggested that lingerie is not clothing, To be honest I was met with much ado about being a stodgy walking advertisement for Amish clothiers and wife of what must clearly be a wanderingeyed Marine. I’d like to set torecord straight. I never get wrapped up in these formal light brown nosing sessions known as a ball I work with these folks all day everyday sometimes 7 days a week why tohell would I look for to spend what little time I can with my wife dragging her to a work party???? Remember, you could JUST STAY AWAY and enjoy tonight your way with your man either on a formal date somewhere else, or in the premises. I am only interested in men who have intelligence, culture, sensitivity, and class, and desire very similar in women. I am very certain that you and I do not value really similar traits.
I chose well, and so did he.
My husband has an abundance of all these characteristics plus good looks.
Oh, and I also don’t define myself on the basis of your assessment of what man type you think may or may not seek for me. I liked tocolor as long as it didn’t clash with my husband’s dark green dress uniform, and it’s also one of my favorite colors. Although, I’d like to remind you that Military Balls are actually work functions, intention to any of you that have spouted off toopinion that people should wear whatever they seek for. Then again, soldiers are not allowed to wear whatever they need, they’re required to wear a specific uniform, within specific standards and even their behavior is governed by standards and etiquette. Honor, Tradition, Respect and Pride mean so little to some, it’s really disheartening.
Have some respect and take some pride in not only yourself but your service member, their unit and branch as well.
Should those things not matter much to you by all means wear whatever you seek for, behave however you need but I assure you, it WILL reflect poorly on you and virtually have specific customs and protocol and just being that you’re a spouse or date and NOT toservice member, military Balls does not give you toright to disregard such customs and protocol. Oftentimes I didn’t even know where you could buy a dress like that.
Miss America pageant yearly, To be honest I still had never seen a lot skin popping out of a dress as I did at that ball.
Obviously, To be honest I had yet to study towomen’s section of tomilitary exchangeduring ball season.
It was this. They look at performance reports, test scores, and training reports from school houses. However, dress and appearance, and demeanor of a spouse, that could very well be grounds for a IG complaint, Therefore in case a commander put forth non recommendation solely depending on tobehavior. The main time they look at names is for BNRs. Now let me tell you something. Senior officers and generals shan’t care that ‘soanso”s date at toBall didn’t meet up with standards of protocol. To be honest I would be very concerned about todirection tomilitary is going, Therefore if toarmed forces chooses to judge people for promotion depending on how slutty a spouse/date looks. You see, this really doesn’t ever happen, I’m pretty sure I know that I’ll be blasted. I have assisted on a promotions boards before, and toboard looks at thousands of records, half totime they don’t even look at names. Notice that what they consider fashion and what actually is worn on tolight red carpet is much different than what we are used to back in today.
Actually I would take it into consideration, in my opinion If I picked out something that was planning to embarrass him he should say something.
Out of our last 18 years we have only been stationed stateside for 9, enlisted for 5 and in school for With that being said, many of us are aware that there is a bunch of difference in culture and how they dress formally, and now being a seasoned spouse, Know what guys, I find that we can all learn from others without being judgmental of their choices.
I also have to remember that a bit of these young wives and girlfriends gonna be my daughters. I find something that my husband should like and realize not everyone is intending to like identical thing, and that’s what makes humanity great.
She is NOT talking down to other women, she is simply giving a guideline!
Shesh get off her back.
She is giving women, and military women at that, tostereotypical name of tramp or trash, Actually I sure get dark red when I see a woman wearing a dress with a slit up to you know where and it’s not since I really care. Military’ Service uniform or a tux. For all toballs I have gone to it’s obvious some women can’t look classy for tolife of them and maybe it’s as they dont know what right is, toterm Ball indicates floor length, CLASSY wear. On top of this, she is doing a service to togirlfriends, fiancee and wives of service members. Fact, yes tomilitary is deep in tradition. I learned about those women that showed all toskin were about, true or not you still get toreputation of a skank when you dress like one.
My hubby served his 20 yrs in toNavy but did all his sea time with USMC at LeJeune OOOOOOORAH!
As long as I cared about my husbands career I will never dress with excessive skin showing, it was grey with ivory lace.
I know that the second I was 5 mo pregnant and wore identical dress, tothird I wore a nice fancy mid knee dress. While And so it’s a formal ball what you wear and how you carry yourself is a reflection of your husband. I’m sure you heard about this. I was a young wife once and tofirst ball I went to I was 9 months pregnant so there really wasn’t much out there I could wear. It is our VP of creative projects shares what she’s into. What are these dresses sexy!
I feel as if some women have forgotten, so it is not your night.
It is your husbands/spouse’s night.
It’s tonight to remember and give respect to what organization we have a part of. Notice, lets not forget what a ball is and what its actually for, nonetheless I dont agree nor disagree with all theses opinions on this random blog I came across. The look was really amazing when it was all put together. I had it altered so it wouldn’t show cleavage. Make sure you leave some comments about it. I also bought a pretty austrian crystal pin at another store to adorn towaist area where tofabric appears to gather, and I got a blackish satin short sleeve bolero jacket to cover my out of shape arms and keep me warm. Has anyone ever stopped to think that maybe perhaps towoman wearing toprom dress is a spouse who can’t afford better?
While buying a cocktail dress for a formal ball, or can’t afford better is another, they don’t know better is one issue, slutty is one of the issues.
Maybe that gonna be tofirst clue, when their husbands start getting crap tonext week from ‘co workers’ and leadership for toway their wives/girlfriends were dressed and comes home pissed off about it and complaining.
Promotion requires he be sent to Washington Promotion with PCS gets denied however because of tofact toboard remembers his wife and her dress from toball and that she can be a social embarrassment to tohigher level leadership and officials at toPentagon, maybe her third clue going to be when said husband comes up for promotion.
Congratulations wife on ruining your husbands career as long as you wanted to look Hot because of some incessant need to recreate toexperience of toProm you never had. Maybe tofirst week said husband gets deployed, and single soldier XYZ calls her up for a date, and tells her he just assumed she was like that, maybe that should be her second clue, I’d say if that doesn’t get through her silly head. Over here aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, toeverhelpful MCCS has decided to hold a MilitaryBall EtiquetteClass. It’s all about knowing where to put your napkin, what fork to use when, how to behave, all that ball stuff, as I was informed at our family readiness meeting yesterday. I’ll totally go to watch toscene where tohotel manager teaches Julia Roberts to work from tooutside in, since if CCS wants to hold a ‘ball related’ educational event. They could even get smart and serve popcorn and champagne. I’m assuming our Family Support Adviserhas never watched Pretty Woman. It is I going to be using them in my briefing this year.
Then the dresses that you showed are tokinds of dresses that we specifically ask our guests, spouses and dates to NOT wear.
I have told young women to go back home before since their dress did not fit into our dress code and image that we would like to represent.
Thanks for toimages. Undoubtedly it’s my responsibility to ensure that tofemale dates of our cadets represent themselves, their date, tounit and toUniversity in a respectful and diginified manner, as a cadre member of a Army ROTC unit. Let me tell you something. Basically, yes, his/her commander is watching.this is tomilitary -find out what’s expected of you and support your military spouse. You should take it into account. What you wear, say and do reflects directly on your military spouse, as a reminder -whether you like it or not. Fact, s/he will appreciate your support! Honestly after reading all tocomments on here with tospouses talking about how toauthor shouldn’t have written toarticle, I say let them dress how they need and make fools out of themselves.
With over a million shares If their husbands don’t struggle with how they are dressed or don’t have toballs to tell their wives they look like ten dollar hookers, maybe they will end up being tonext picture posted all over social media with all tofunny captions attached, let them go to toball decked out in what they consider their finest.
Todrama!
As a female I wouldn’t wanted to hear it. For toarmy ball for my husband’s company, I wore a really beautiful satin floor length gown from Alfred Angelo in Tealness. I’m a female and spent time on active duty! Have you heard of something like that before? I seen it first hand when I was in toArmy. I can only imagine what toother soldiers were saying at tonext PT formation. I think That’s a fact, it’s sick for her to show up in that manner. To me it looks like hey I’m looking for my future husband to marry and he has to be E7″ or higher.
As you can see when you look for to buy evening dresses look, there’re so many things to consider. Recently I had the opportunity to play at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills. By the way, a longtime user of the city’s public courts and their ‘anything goes’ dress code, I complained at West Side daring to demand all whitish from its patrons but I eventually caved as I badly wanted to try out the club’s famed grass courts. Please click on the link that appears in the email that was sent to the address you entered, with the intention to complete the registration process. Fact, it may take a few minutes for the email to arrive. Doesn’t it sound familiar? Your email address must be verified before you can comment. Seriously, Therefore in case you don\’t receive it. So a colleague who used to work at the Neue Galerie a museum housed in a former Vanderbilt mansion should see visitors in cutoffs. 
The color and workmanship are awesome.
I’d say if your own religion or heritage states that you wear a certain dress type to an occasion thenI’m sure most couples would welcome this expression of respect and festivity, as long as you’re sure it’s in keeping with the event and won’t cause offense or detract from the bride.I’meager to hear first hand stories on cultural dress, thence if anyone has experiencehere, please letme know. 
Bathing attire shouldn’t be worn, even under an ensemble, unless specifically requested, as a rule. You never know what some guestsmight associate with the beach, therefore this probably goes without saying. Let’s say, a cotton dress in a formal cut or a satin dress made in a casual style should also be fine. Time of day and venue again should be an ideal guide here. Of course, casual fabrics like cotton or knits are acceptable here if the overall style of dress is correct, Overall,I take thisdressing designation to mean more festive, elegant attire. Accordingly a sundress would’ve been fine, if it’s daytime. On top of this, the style of dress givesme less anxiety than those dances did, so this style label bringsme back to 8th grade, ora high school homecoming dance. For instance, a rich fabric like velvet or velveteen in the winter months would also be very nice. 
I’ve chosen 12 boringashell evening gowns from the fall winter 2011 catwalks, and I dare you to guess who designed them, to prove my point about all strapless evening gowns looking quite similar. It’s cheating if you use the makeup, hair, or backdrop to identify the designer. Hollywood’s sake. Well evening wear to me still speaks to the elegance of the bygone eras. I’m quite sure I feel that more effort should’ve been put into clothes we wear each day, one of my biggest frustrations with evening wear is that a lot of my design students often seek for to design evening wear. 
Just add an embroidered strap at the waist, as an accessory. You can transform your feather prom outfit into a beautiful evening dress. That’s a fact, it’s great to wear something that has deep vneck and tank sleeves. Design of the dress may resemble a cocktail dress and you have to always ensure the sleeves are pleated. Anyway, double check whether the waist is magnificent. Long evening dresses can also be worn in semi formal and even in informal events. By the way, the look of the dress will have an awesome aura if its bodice is embroidered. Generally, long dresses are also suitable in occasions like birthday parties. Choose the color of the dress very carefully. Sounds familiardoesn’t it? In a gala event, dress in a sleeveless outfit that has v shaped gathered straps. 
You must also be cautious about the hand bags, shoes, hats and belts, apart from the jewelry you wear. Do the makeup while keeping the dress in mind. Accessorize yourself conforming to the dress. It is try a really new hairstyle that will create the kind of look you look for to achieve. You have to pay attention to the minutest of details. New designs are available in the market. That said, as a matter of fact, you now have the opportunity to pick up a dress that suits your personality and body shape without changing the conservative appearance the occasion demands.