Any of you ladies thinking about NOT wearing a full-length gown to your holiday parties? If you’re not — What else are you gonna wear?

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I’ve never seen anyone wear a gown before

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Depends on your firm

Lol my holiday party is actually Santacon theme lol so will be wearing Santacon related things lol

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I always wear a cocktail dress! Knee length. I’m 5’ 2” so can’t pull off a long gown

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Lies you can pull off a long gown if you get it gemmed and it hugs you in the right places!

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a tux

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😍 SM1, I think you are my style soul mate. Where did you find your tux?

Work dress

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JUMPSUIT!!!!

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I’m wearing a cocktail dress. I’ve always worn a cocktail dress. Never have worn (and I don’t think I’ve seen) a gown to a work holiday party

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Cocktail. Can’t do wrong. Every year very few long dresses, too many too short ones 🙄
Classic cocktail medium length is perfect. Keep in mind, it’s still a work event.

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Ours is on a a Monday 🙄 there will be no gowns

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I rented a dress for my boyfriend’s holiday party. I likely won’t have the guts to show this much cleavage at my work event though.

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Great dress!

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I have a pretty sexy dress. It’s modest by most standards but cocktail with v neckline

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Very rarely see full length gowns at our parties. Be warned.

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I would argue that ZS NYC is pretty informal and if you dress up you’re in the minority 🤷🏼‍♀️

What firm are you at?

No long gowns at our party; cocktail attire (short dresses/tux optional for men) is the norm.

Coordinate with the women on your team. I normally opt to wear a cocktail dress as well, but one year, we decided to go all out and wear gowns. We were in the majority so it wasn’t weird and we didn’t feel overdressed.

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