At a regular semi-formal event, you'd wear a stylish cocktail dress and have much more freedom for accessory selections. In business wear, you'll need to rethink your semi-formal choices.

Once upon a time there was a girl named Cinderella. Her fairy godmother granted her everything she needed for the ball: a dress, matching shoes, and accessories. Oh, I wished that happed to me.

After all, some dress ... “semi-formal,” your mind may flash back to the days when you and your gaggle of friends shared a dinner table at the local Olive Garden before heading to a school dance.

In one entry recapping our semi formal dance, this is what I read: “Jen was wearing a pale blue dress that made her look like a corpse.” To my credit, I think the living dead look was more so the ...

Semi-modest gowns ... least one charming Grammy mom-dance GIF—admitted to lining her Vera Wang to adhere to the rules. Jennifer Lopez flagrantly skirted the dress code in an Anthony Vaccarello ...

let's talk about what it is not! To clear things up, dressy casual is not the same as a semi formal dress code. In fact, semi formal is more elevated. It's like dressy casual's big sister.