The sequin cocktail dress never goes out of style. It is simply the best attire to grasp the attention and to shine in any occasion. While bright red sequins as well as gold ones may be too much, it depends to a great extent on the wearer to carry the outfit decoration with grace, charm and elegance.

You don’t have to be a movie star to wear a sequin cocktail dress to a party or any affair for that matter. Also, the prom is not the only venue where the outfit is most heavily used. Haute couture has had countless incarnations of the same concept since the high-profile fashion’s birth.

There are outlandish sequins just as there are subdued ones. As a rule of thumb, white and grey sequins show control on the part of the person wearing the cocktail dress. Such colors may also prove flattering or unflattering depending on one’s skin tone.

Thus, it always helps to rehearse a sequined dress by trying it on before the occasion in a place that mimics the venue’s display of lights. Such practice may avoid some embarrassing moments especially when one has to receive or give out an award in an important ceremony. Spotlights, flashbulbs and certain light fixtures are notorious for exaggerating the properties of sequins.

These elements could blind certain people to the effect that one wants to achieve–unless blinding the audience is the true goal for wearing the kind of light bulb attire. Besides, some celebrities already have a glow about them with or without the assistance of sequins.

Adding even more light bulbs so-to-speak may therefore be an exaggeration of sorts. Again, this advice applies on a case to case basis. You just can never know how becoming or unbecoming extra sparklers could be until you try one on yourself.

Many people have discovered their physical affinity with certain colors or shades quite by accident. For example, some faces glow just by simply wearing an orange attire. For another, Oriental skin tends to turn brighter with a mere flick of an icy pink or any icy blue shade.

Considering these circumstances, it’s detrimental to downplay the role that trying on a dress plays. In fact, the more times this practice is done, the better. It’s just impossible to know what you’re missing until you’ve gone through quite a few exercises.

This trick of show business has worked from the industry’s infancy. So surely, a debutante to this world could be ignoring such a rule at her peril. Practice makes perfect.

If certain mistakes are made despite a high-stakes preparation, how much more mishaps could happen if such a simple principle were to be ignored? Humans learn from their mistakes, but errors committed during rehearsals could be life savers.