A breezy, beachy blue from Laila Azhar!

We’re almost to June, the biggest wedding month of the year, so it’s time to take another pass at wedding guest fashion.  While there are a few rules that are consistently safe for any wedding (don’t flash too much skin, don’t wear white), we all know that there are as many different kinds of wedding venues and dress codes as people can come up with.  (Star Trek wedding, anyone?)  Today we’ll tackle the beach wedding.

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Pink is a color that is, shall we say, challenging for me.  I can manage a dusty rose or a bright cherry, but straight-up pinks are really best confined to my pedicure.  That said, though, pink has a soft summery charm that has a special appeal in those first days when the weather turns warm.  Here’s a gallery of beguiling pink tops to romance the beginning of summer with, from cherry to salmon.

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LOVE the print! Uh, could you add straps to that?

But hopefully you can!  Consider this my tribute (from afar) to the strapless dress.  I’m broad in the shoulder and less busty than Lily, so dresses that are strapless or close to it (I mean you, minimalist spaghetti strap) make me look like a linebacker.   While I admit I have been forced into strapless dresses for various weddings (you know who you are), those dresses just aren’t something I have ever voluntarily bought since reaching adulthood and coming to the realization that not all clothes are flattering.  That’s all right.  I’ve got legs, and most of the time I’m fine with avoiding the strapless and rocking the short skirt instead.  We’ve all got our good points, right?

My comfort level with the short skirt, however, does not prevent me from occasionally coming across a strapless dress and recognizing that, gosh, that’d be hot if I were a totally different person.  So, ladies, here are my latest sightings — may they do you more good than they do me!

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I’ve been running wild with the flowy and the flouncy lately, but really, I love the other side of things just as much — tailored, elegant, ladylike.  Just in time for Easter, the stores are full of body-conscious sheaths and tailored dresses in dainty prints and Easter egg pastels.  I admittedly won’t be going to mass this Sunday, but I’m still feeling the pull of a look that’s a little more refined. You might never wear these dresses to the beach, but they dinner with the parents at the Central Park Boathouse restaurant.  Here are some of my picks for the holiday weekend and spring’s more reserved moments. I don’t promise that these are all completely appropriate for church, but I guarantee they’re perfect for Easter brunch.

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