While watching Public Enemies last week, I was overcome with the feeling that I just might have been born a decade or two too late. While it seems we reserve glamour for special occasions now, in earlier decades, glamour was woven into the fabric of everyday life. There were no messy hair-dos, ripped jeans, or flip-flops, even though the dire economic circumstances might have forgiven them. No, women took care with their appearance even if they were a coat check girl from the wrong side of the tracks and wore a three-dollar dress like Billie Frechette, Marion Cotillard’s character in Public Enemies.

So I have this theory that the more we women have to exhibit masculine qualities to get ahead in the workplace today, the more we appreciate the opportunity to express our glamorous, feminine side in our personal lives.

That means that while catching a quick drink with friends in jeans and heels is fun, glamming up in an elegant cocktail dress and being escorted to dinner with a gentleman who opens the door, holds your chair and helps with your coat also holds enormous appeal.

Today’s VPOD is a chic example of a cocktail dress from the 1960s that lets you feel like a woman without putting your womanly assets on public display. Though a simple cut with clean lines, the deep turquoise color and the beautiful appliqued flowers and beading add pure elegance and glamour.

It’s true cocktail chic for a vintage fashionista!

Available at Tresor de Vintage.

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