NBR: Cocktail Attire

katietopaz

DH's work is doing their annual Christmas party this weekend, which is always a lot of fun - his coworkers, even his boss(es), are pretty laid-back and fun. It's being hosted at a restaurant, and has a casino theme. On the invite, it says "cocktail attire requested." Style dress-codes like this one are 100% not my (or DH's) forte. We're clearly not classy enough.    Anyway, I did my Google-ing and was a bit overwhelmed with suggestions across the board. I'm wondering if you guys could share your thoughts on a couple specific questions:

For DH: would a darker grey suit work as opposed to black? There's a very light pinstripe on the suit. Or would dress slacks and a jacket be a better choice?

For me: I already own this dress and it still fits. I'm not sure if lace is okay for cocktail attire...would this dress fit in the cocktail attire dress code?

I don't think that we have to perfectly nail it, since I don't think it's going to be a super formal event, but I don't want to be wildly off the mark.

SassyPants150

I say yes to all. You always have people who will underdress and over dress for themes. I'm the queen of obsessing over event attire. I'm pretty sure I grow my attire every time DH has a business meeting!

tiggyt

I agree.  Tell husband not to wear a suit - pants and a jacket (with or without tie) are appropriate man attire.

Your dress is the appropriate length, but from the small image it looks a little summery to me.  It wouldn't if you paired it with black tights, though.

mpiemont

I think that dress works great. And H probably doesn't necessarily need a full suit, but since he'll likely take the jacket off, that works!

sweetieheart32

I agree with all of the previous comments. The dress looks nice and would be great with black tights.

beebe918

Agree with pps that H doesn't need a full suit, jacket and dress shirt would be fine, tie optional.  Your dress is great but I agree black tights, black shoes and jewlery and black cardigan.  Looks like it already has a black belt?  If not I would do that too.

tashad18

Shirt/tie and slacks for Dh amd that dress will work for you. I like the prior suggestions of black tights and accessories.

katietopaz

Thanks so so much for the feedback! Pairing the dress with black tights is a great idea, I wouldn't have thought of that and it'll be perfect for the season.

And it's helpful to know about DH's outfit, that he doesn't need to do a full-blown suit. He'll be pretty happy to hear about that, actually.

alleycat39

The dress definitely works as cocktail attire!

mlbrooks619

That dress will be great with black tights and some gold accessories!