Part one of four: The Stampede Usually I'm like this: if I have to go somewhere where some kind of dress code is required, I think of what I like about that code, the colour, the weather, I picture what I'd like to wear and make do with what I have in my wardrobe or in the wardrobe of relatives. If I really have to, I'll hit some shops. But usually shops do not carry what I'm looking for: either I'm late of decades for that style or I'm forward of a couple of years... which is basically the same thing. Me, hunting for a dress, look at the desperation in her eyes... For my brother's wedding, after being brainwashed like so (and also keeping in mind these guidelines, and these ones, and also these ones), I drew the conclusion that I would have liked to wear something simple like this: teal cocktail length chinced waist a line skirt no sleeves V neck with a matching short sleeved bolero Thanx to Lanterna's brilliant idea I was already browsing ebay india looking for cotton sarees to have