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A knee-length or midi-length cocktail dress strikes an ideal balance between sophistication and practicality

Its such a great dupe for Anthropologies Somerset Dress, which gets a lot of love from the internet, but its $100 less

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In the acclaimed 1950 movie, All About Eve , Bette Davis character, Margo Channing, launches her cocktail party by downing a Gibson and uttering the famous line, Fasten your seat belts, its going to be a bumpy night. Though a tipsy Margo ends up ruining the party with her increasing bitterness, she looks sensational the whole time in her glamorous cocktail dress

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This can be especially helpful if you are attending a wedding that is going to be long and you know you will be on your feet for most of the day