and the dress code wording toward the bottom says something like “cocktail attire preferred.” Naturally, this calls for a ...

Doris Langley Moore talks about how the capriciousness of fashion is demonstrated most readily in informal clothes, which are less expensive and therefore changed more frequently than formal attire.

When I went online to RSVP, it said, “Attire: evening cocktail -- slacks, cocktail dresses, jackets, etc.” We never wear that kind of clothing, even to funerals. We always look nice ...