Blue evening gowns and shorter evening dresses in blue

An evening blue gown from our workshop means velvet, cut to the floor in navy or a brighter blue. We’ll be straight with you, though. Only a few of our blue evening styles are full-length gowns, and the rest are midi and mini dresses for the same kind of night.

Three ways to wear blue down to the floor

First, the draped one. It’s navy, with bare shoulders and soft folds gathered across the velvet. Leave the necklace off and wear long earrings with your hair up. Measure your bust for this one, because that’s what holds an off-shoulder neckline up. In winter a shawl or a straight coat goes over it without crushing the folds.

The mermaid gown is the covered one. Round neck, long sleeves, close to the body down to the knee and wider below. Walking is easy in it. So is standing for photos. Dark blue velvet photographs well in evening light. Because the cut shows the waist and hips, choose this size by your hips.

Our third gown has a boat neck and sleeves to the wrist. It suits a winter wedding, a theater opening or any invitation with an evening dress code. Small studs are enough for the theater. For New Year’s Eve, we’d go with silver earrings set with stones.

When a blue midi does the work of a gown

Does the invitation really call for a full-length hem? Often it doesn’t. Our lurex wrap midi comes in royal blue and in navy, and its metallic thread shows even in a dim restaurant. The wrap makes a V, the waist is fixed by a tie belt, and there’s enough stretch in the knit to sit through dinner in comfort. For a quieter evening there’s a V-neck midi in velvet, sleeves to the wrist.

Shorter still, we make a mini in shimmering knit, draped at the waist, with a skirt that wraps over. The light blue minis with ruffles are summer party dresses, not gowns, and they return with the warm season.

Whichever evening blue gown you pick, try it on with your heels. The hem should clear the floor.