Memorial Day (Fancy) Weekend Outfit: Choose!

Time to reveal my plans for Memorial Day weekend, otherwise it will be too late for you to help me with my outfit.

So tomorrow is my husband's 40th birthday and he wanted to celebrate in his favorite city in the word. It's not NY, it's not Paris, it's ... LA. We used to go there at least once a year when we were childless and I must admit that even if I wouldn't live there I always enjoyed spending a few days pretending that I am a movie star or a twenty-something wannabe (as everybody looks young in LA).
Now, we aren't jet-setters but we wanted to do something special so we rented a fabulous villa on the Hollywood Hills for the whole weekend and we are going to throw a party on Saturday night. It won't be a big party as obviously not everybody could afford the flight and unfortunately we couldn't rent a private jet like Tom Cruise once did and fly them all to the party. But some friends are coming form NY, my husband's best friend is flying from Paris and we have some friends living there. So let's call it a party.

The house is in Neutra-style (I don't know if I ever told you but architecture, especially modernism, is one of my big passions, but so is Brad Pitt's) and has a very nice pool area that overlooks LA and at night the view is just fantastic with all those little lights glowing in the dark (at least in the pics that the owner sent to us). So the party is going to be, if not a pool party (I don't think that anyone will make a splash unless we get really drunk), around the pool. The best think about throwing a party is that you get to decide the dress code and we went with "Hollywood Glam" with a no-black policy for the ladies.

Obviously, I started to think about my outfit a while ago, and I looked at a few dresses when I as at Bloomingdales for the F&F event. I really liked this little number by Milly (note the very glamorous flutter-sleeve) but I didn't buy it as it was expensive (almost $400) and I didn't want to spend that much on a dress that I will wear only once or twice:



I actually have a Theory dress that I have never worn and would be perfect for the occasion (it reminds me a little bit of the famous Sharon Stone dress in Basic Instinct. I will try to remember to wear my panties if I wear it) but a) it's very short; b) it's unforgiving (it's in stretch sateen and the kind of material that lets your cellulite show through and I'm not at the top of my shape right now); c) it only looks good with stilettos and the property owner asked us and our guests not to wear stilettos on the deck as they had problems in the past). Anyway, here it is (sorry for the pic, is the only one that I have as the battery of my phone died just after):



This is my first choice but I need a backup in case I don't feel like wearing it or my husband doesn't like it (I'm not going against his will this time as he is the birthday boy after all). I have three backup options and I would like you to vote your favorite.

The first is a maxi-dress that I had bought last year for a pool party that I ended up not going to. So it's new and needs to be worn. It would have been perfect if we had chosen a "pool party" dress code (we hesitated between the two). It is a very flattering dress and the fabric is actually a very nice silk jersey and not a cheap one:



The second is another maxi-dress, that I bought a few weeks ago at H&M. I think that for the price ($24.50) is a great dress and kind of appropriately glamorous but it's very long and I am not sure that I can wear it without having it hemmed. What do you think, worth it or not?




The third option is a shorter dress in a fantastic blue hue. I won't tell you where it comes from so as not influence your judgement:



I am aware that all the three backup options that I showed you are understated compared to my first choice, but I would like you to pick one anyway. It could be that in the next few days I find a fantastic deal on a fabulous dress (maybe the Milly one) as the Memorial Day Weekend sales are going to start and I'm keeping my eyes open, but let's plan for the worst (as my husband always says).

I will be a little bit busy this week as I have to prepare everything and I am alone with my daughter (by the way, she is coming, in case you were wondering, so no Mustang). I'm flying out on Friday morning, so I apologize in advance if I won't be able to comment back or blog much.

Have a nice week!