Women's
Conversation With: Holiday Dressing With Alice + Olivia Designer Stacey Bendet
Alice + Olivia Fall 2012.
Tis the season to polish silver and coordinate china patterns, and puzzle over what to wear to an array of holiday gatherings on the social calendar. The age-old debate (what to wear?) intensifies under a lack of time. Who better to take the guess work out of holiday dressing than consummate host and party-girl herself, Alice + Olivia designer Stacey Bendet?
NM: What’s the best way to update a LBD?
SB: A great chunky, fun, colorful necklace always does the trick!
NM: How to take sequins from day to night?
SB: Well, sometimes they have to be taken from night to day! Hello morning after! But day to night: a sweater over sequins during the day, sequins on sequins at night!
NM: When is it appropriate to wear a gown?
SB: Um, always!
NM: What evening look do you currently love?
SB: I am loving really fitted dresses like our peplum and our all-over lace. Shapes that really accentuate a woman’s curves.
Alice + Olivia Peplum Dress.
NM: What is the biggest misconception about eveningwear?
SB: That is has to be worn in the evening! I love wearing dresses during the day. Throw a sweater over a long dress, so chic.
NM: Who always gets party dressing right?
SB: Neiman Marcus!
