purple and black dress Sweetheart Neck Short Prom with Lace, Short Purple – morievent This skirt is absolutely huge Sweetheart Ball Gown Purple Prom

This one layers beautifully under a denim jacket too

(Read: no skintight, above-the-knee numbers!) This can often be achieved by simply adding a sweater or jacket to your dress, but as a rule of thumb, if you're look conjures comparisons to Audrey Hepburn, you've nailed it

I was a long way off from marriage (in fact, it would take another eleven years of casual hookups for a ring to finally appear on my finger), although I did, through a cloudy, bubblegum haze of Winston Lights and Spice Girls, admire the nuptials of the rich, cool, and fabulous from afar

The patterned frock is wrapped in a funky black-and-white design that's as polished as it is pretty