A New Years Eve party is the perfect excuse to wear a short dress with a hint or a whole lotta sparkle, a longer dress, a fun, festive dress, or an impossibly chic (and slightly impractical) jumpsuit or sequin pants or booty shorts
Claire Barrett is an editor and military history correspondent for Military Times
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10th European Academy of Design Conference, Crafting the Future, April 2013, Helsinki, Finland