#teadresses

#1: Flapper Dresses (skimpy, tight)

#2: Egyptian Style (hideous)

#3: Oriental Style (more hideous)

#4: Tea Dresses (adorable, but not quite suitable for evening -- still my preferred style thus far)

#5: Sequins (flashbacks to childhood0

#6: Velvet (I'd rather not sweat through whatever I decided to wear)

#7: Handkerchief Hems (not a dress style so much as a hem that appears on all sorts of dresses, hideous and adorable)

#8: Dropwaists (SO, SO unflattering on any woman who doesn't have a completely rail like boyish frame)

#9: Art Deco Design (acceptable but then I'm never wearing it again)

#10: Tiered Skirt (generally part of a tiny skimpy number)

Something like this is probably exactly what I want: Except that's $275 on Etsy and wouldn't fit me even if I tried it on 6 months after death.

Going braless is never an option for me, and half the time sleeveless tops show my bra on the side, which is why I have perfected the art of blazers, vests, and bolero jackets well into the 2000s. At best I could try something with thick straps, like this: