vintage green velvet dress Emerald Flower Lace Long Sleeve Dress, Emerald Green / L Hips 44 inches 1960s Vintage Jade Green Velvet

This gives it time to absorb the dressing but not get mushy

Graduation is not usually a black-tie event, but it is also not the place for overly casual clothes

Size range: 030 | Dress code: Formal, Black-Tie Mac Duggal Sequined V-Neck Short Puff Sleeve Midi Dress Here's a winter mother-of-the-bride dress that can double as your New Year's Eve party dress

So, in a conscious bid to showcase what the best winter wedding guest dresses look like on a few different heights, shapes and sizes as well as my own, of course I roped in my fellow Glamour colleagues Robyn Eugene and Shani Cohen (seen above) to road-test a few different new-in styles