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need help finding a dress

My grandmother(who raised my brother and me) and I have been invited to the 55th Oklahoma National Guard Banquet and Ball in 2 weeks (in honor of my brother who was KIA in Afghanistan) and I have NO CLUE what to wear??? Although my husband is military, I have never been to a 'military ball.' We are definitely going to the banquet but still not sure if I will attend the actual ball part since my husband isn't going. Can y'all give me some insight on what I could wear to something like this? Long or short? Thanks so much!

Re: need help finding a dress

  • I went to my first military ball this past May. There were lots of different styles of dresses. I wore a long strapless red satin gown. It was really simple and pretty plain. I ended up wearing the shawl the entire time as I liked how it tied in with the dress.  I think there were more long style dresses than short.

  • I wore a long black dress to a military ball this past April. I agree wear a long one over short. Enjoy!
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  • Though some people do wear short dresses, long is better.  Simple and elegant is best.  
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  • For last years navy ball I wore a cocktail style black dress only because I'm really tiny and the long dresses just swallow me completely.  But I would say go for a long gown that's simple doesn't have to be black just simple and elegant, you can always dress it up with jewelry if needed. Something like this would be very gorgeous. 
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