Gold Sequin Mini Dress with Long Flared Sleeves

The Electra is a mini dress covered entirely in gold sequins, cut with a high neckline and long sleeves that flare toward the wrist.

Sequin fabrication runs across the whole dress rather than sitting in panels, so the shine is continuous from collar to hem. The neckline closes high at the throat, which gives the sparkle a clean frame instead of a plunging one. Long sleeves open out into a flare past the elbow and add sweep when the arms move. The back fastens with an invisible closure topped by a hook and eye clasp, and the dress is lined so the sequins never meet skin.

Short in length and loud in surface, this mini dress belongs at parties rather than dinners. Because the gold carries the whole look, go quiet everywhere else: bare legs or dark hosiery, a simple heeled sandal, hair away from the face. A New Year's countdown, a milestone birthday, or a holiday event where turning up underdressed is the only real mistake.