Fashion Help Needed

[dianelouise]

I am going to attend a banquet. Dress for women is stated as "formal, tea-length dress". What is tea-length? What would be an appropriate dress to wear? Thanks for any help, I am clueless. Any and all opinions welcomed.

[dustyroad]

dianeloise

 

 

i surfed the net under tea-length dress and came up with alot of links to these dresses. you can have a look and see what you think. have a great time.

[ASM]

Tea-length is generally mid-calf. I think they're probably trying to have people wear shorter formal wear rather than floorlength gowns and made it more confusing than they meant to.

[dianelouise]

Thanks dustyroad and asm for the fashion help. Looks like I will need a new dress. All my formals are floor length.

[JanetMarie]

Wow - when I saw the words "tea length" it brought back memories of my wedding day wherein my girls wore "tea length" dresses. The above post is correct in that it falls between the knee and ankle. Lovely look! ;)

[trish1c]

When an invitation specifies a style / length, it's OK to dress better. Tea length means between the knee & the ankle. But it's OK to wear the dressier floor length. It's not OK to go shorter.

[dianelouise]

Thanks Trish, you just saved me some money!! I have enough formals for cruises. That is about the only time we get gussied up. Really didn't want to buy another just to get the right length.