boots and cocktail dress Fall for Dresses Beyond 15 Ways to Wear Dresses

Kieran Culkin took a different approach with a rust-coloured Paul Smith jacket featuring satin peak lapels, paired with a black shirt and statement brooch

They work beautifully in both casual and slightly dressier outfits

The similar straw tote and rattan earrings keep the look light and summery and help bring down the level of formality

3 years ago I wanted to make clear that I liked the dress and I was not quite aware of how negatively a 3 star rating comes over, so I should have given 4 stars instead of 3

Younger generations might interpret cocktail attire as anything from thebody-con mini dress they wore to a homecoming dance in high school to the long, fitted gown they spotted on social media or on a shopping site with "cocktail" in the name