Holiday Favorite: Cocktail Dresses

You don't need to be sipping cocktails to wear a cocktail dress (but it never hurts.) This versatile category of dress is perfect for all of your holiday needs, except for full formal occasions that call for long dresses. This type of dress doesn't need to be super short or really tight to be sexy: in fact, there are many styles of flattering cocktail dresses that work for most body types like one-shoulder styles, sheath dresses and optical illusion dresses. (Photo Credit: Nordstrom.com)