LJ Brainiacs - Help!

[ladysprite]

This isn't my usual sort of help request, and I don't know if anyone here will have a decent answer, but I figured I might as well at least put the question out here for any fashionistas or etiquette mavens who might read this.

I'm going to a fancy-dress party this weekend, and I have a truly faboo fancy dress to wear to it. The dress has a very highly decorated neckline, bodice, and straps - it's all over tiny copper and smoke and gold seed beads, and embroidery, and shimmery fabric, and I've always been told that with highly-embellished dresses, one shouldn't wear a necklace in order to avoid being too over-decorated.

However, the dress is also fairly low-cut, leaving me with a vast expanse of bare white neck and chest that looks pretty plain and nekkid without something else there.

So - necklace, or no necklace? Do I take the risk of gilding the lily and blinding people with sparklies, or do I try to be understated and maybe wind up too much so?

(And let me also take this moment to state that, while I love my job, I had thought of better accessories to my dress than the collection of scratches, abrasions, and lacerations currently covering my hands, forearms, and stomach. Luckily, the latter will be covered by the dress, and I think I have a pair of gloves that can hide the rest of my damaged flesh......)

Comments

Me, Too :-)

[shalmestere.livejournal.com]

Something simple, like a ribbon choker, or a single strand of unfaceted black onyx or hematite, might be nice....

P.S. Re: Me, Too :-)

[shalmestere.livejournal.com]

Or tiger's-eye :-)