A mini dress sparkly enough for the New Year countdown

It’s ten to midnight, the music’s loud, and a sparkly mini dress is doing all the work for you. Ours get their shine from lurex, a knit with metallic thread woven in, and most are wraps with a V-neck and long sleeves. There aren’t many here, so let’s go through them one by one.

Wrap minis in black, emerald and powder pink

These three are sewn on one pattern. The wrap crosses into a V right at your collarbones. On the emerald one there’s a belt, and you pull it tighter or leave it easy. The sleeves are full length while the hem stays short, and honestly that’s how a mini like this gets past a stricter office party dress code.

With emerald we’d wear warm yellow gold in the ears and carry a black bag. Powder pink glows the least of the three. It’s the one for a birthday dinner at home, on a night when a silver or gold dress would be too much. Nude matte tights, nude or gold shoes. The black wrap even goes out on a Saturday afternoon under an oversized black blazer with chunky boots.

If it’s your first sparkly mini dress, the black wrap is the easy start. Then try it on sitting down. A short hem rides up on a bar stool, and it’s better to find out how far in your bedroom than at the table.

Round necks, a triangle neckline and one shorter sleeve

Not into wraps? Our purple mini fits close, and the lurex in it catches the light whenever you turn. Purple is happy next to black and gray. We’d add black heeled booties, a short faux leather jacket and seamless underwear. Done. Our blue one is a shiny knit with draping at the waist and a wrap skirt, round neck again, and it doesn’t need a single extra thing at a corporate party.

The black and silver style with a triangle neckline is the club option. Planning to dance till two? Ankle boots with a steady heel will be kinder to your feet than stilettos. And then there’s the green lurex mini. Its sleeves stop at three-quarter length, leaving room on your wrist for a bracelet.

Each sparkly mini dress here sits close to the body, so measure bust and hips before choosing between XS and XL. For more length, look at our glitter dresses beyond the mini. There’s also a page of outfits for the countdown and one with every short dress we make.