After-dark events: Glam up in floor-length evening gowns and attend as your best red-carpet self
"The Royal Guards of Hawaii"
A-line, wrap, sheath, and fit-and-flare styles are available across all popular colors
Choosing the right size In cases where your body measurements are between two sizes, go with the smaller size for a tighter fit and the larger size for a looser fit
Another variation for conservative brides is a whitened dress with black accessories
I've seen dressmakers call this as a half-robe, however Norah Waugh in 'The Cut of Women's Clothes' refers to it as an open gown..." And again here is an image, this time of the Empress Josephine wearing an open robe creation at her coronation in 1806: For an example of another from England please see: The first image shown above is: "Costumes Parisiens 1811, plate no