OMG – I was thinking the same thing. It doesn’t look “dressy” at all. Further, I was wondering why the woman on the right didn’t line up the two straps on each shoulder; then I realized that was part of the design.

They are both very pretty women; but, I also think that they, perhaps, could have chosen something better to wear to an awards show (or whatever it is they were attending)

http://www.amazon.com/Cheap-Chic-Hundreds-Saving-Create/dp/051752368X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1409961961&sr=1-1&keywords=cheap+chic

Wear what is comfortable, classic and flatters you. Buy a few items of high and enduring quality. Establish your own personal style – do not go whoring after the transient, the ugly and unflattering – just because the current fashion mavens have made a big thing out of blessing something trendy and daring.

Nothing dates as fast as the trendy of the moment. Just look at high school annuals or fashion magazines fifteen years later to see the truth of this. Certain styles – like classic preppy – are dateless. And consequently much less embarrassing to one’s children, when one is showing off the old album pictures.

My mother’s wedding pictures were classic – from 1953. Her dress was very like Kate Middleton’s all those decades later; a bell-shaped skirt, sculpted bodice with a lace overlay, long sleeves in lace and a high neckline.

Ever wonder why?