red lace sleeveless dress Applique Gown by Amelia Couture 7035 With its elegant design Lace midi dress with ruffles

Freshly ground black pepper is always best

Black is your blank canvas, so go big on the extrasstatement earrings, a pop-of-color clutch, or strappy heels with attitude

This sky blue off-the-shoulder dress, with beaded fringe accents and a glittering tulle skirt, is downright breathtaking

It was before the advent of the heavily-jeweled and embroidered stomacher, and the enormous spread of skirt, and the dress was just a modification of that worn by the ladies in the time of Henry VIII

Ashleigh Healy, 18, wears a cheetah print halter gown with small rhinestone embellishment available for $278 at CC's of Rome

Complete the look in statement hoop earrings and kitten heels