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"I&amp;#39;m turning the big 2-7 on Friday and what started off as an intimate little fete has turned into me commandeering a cocktail lounge for 65 of my &amp;quot;closest friends&amp;quot; and oh, did I mention that I&amp;#39;m also newly single and need to look capital H Hot? Help!\nI&amp;#39;ve decided this is absolutely no time to try out some fashion-forward little dress that &amp;quot;doesn&amp;#39;t translate&amp;quot; and ends up being bashed worse than Tilda Swinton&amp;#39;s ill-fated Lanvin Oscar frock (though I still maintain that was a stroke of sartorial genius). Instead, I&amp;#39;m going for pure pretty, in the form of a cocktail dress. The choices are...\nPinterestFacebookThe Herve Leger bandage dress. Tequila shots not included but, um, very much mandatory to make a public appearance in this one. I love it, and it certainly screams &amp;quot;It&amp;#39;s my party and I&amp;#39;ll cry if I want to,&amp;quot; but I also ate a burrito the size of my arm yesterday and I&amp;#39;m pretty sure this dress won&amp;#39;t forgive that kind of transgression.\nPinterestFacebookD&amp;amp;G, Dolce &amp;amp; Gabbana&amp;#39;s slightly less hard-to-get little sister. It&amp;#39;s definitely a great combo of sweet and sexy, but I don&amp;#39;t know if it has the look-at-me factor of the Leger.\nPinterestFacebookAlice + Olivia--it&amp;#39;s short, it&amp;#39;s sequined, it&amp;#39;s begging for some champagne to be spilled all over it. But I do have a thing about looking boring in black...\nPinterestFacebookThis last one is by Laila Azhar. I love the color and the shape, but I also know myself and I&amp;#39;ll be tugging at that strapless neckline all night long, which can get in the way of shaking what my mama gave me.\nWhich dress is your favorite? Help me pick what to wear to my birthday party, please ladies!\nWhich dress do you like best?\n( surveys)\nPhotos: Courtesy of net-a-porter, eluxury, shopbop"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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