green velvet mini dress Girls: The Mary Emerald Dress, (6/7) - The Mint Julep Boutique An elegant velvet mini.The Oaklynn dress is a romantic style with long bell sleeves and a flattering A Dark Green Velvet Dress Hunter

Limit Competing Colors Stick to one or two bold tones and avoid adding too many additional colors into your palette

Or, consider a backless wedding dress with a column-style skirt la Nicola Peltz Beckham's Valentino Haute Couture number

6: Elegant Red Carpet-Worthy Dusty Lavender Bridesmaid Dress Transform the wedding aisle into the red carpet with this shimmery dusty lavender bridesmaid dress

For this weeks Rate the Dress Im staying with the 18th c and 18th c inspired theme, with a Charles Worth reception dress that is a prime example of the way 18th c fashions influenced 1880s styles, so much so that we often dont notice the influence, because it became part of the standard 1880s dress vernacular