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Social rise; A wedding-party-dress design duo is now making fun-to-wear party frocks.(Melissa Akey and Beth Blake)(Brief article)
Byline: Florence Kane
With their bridesmaid collection called Thread, Beth Blake and Melissa Akey are almost single-handedly responsible for the trend toward chic wedding-party dresses that a bride's best friend might have picked out for herself (and will even wear again!). The reason? They always design with civilian cocktail frocks in mind. And now those party dresses have inspired a whole line: Thread Social.
Their new evening looks, like a smudge-print ruffled taffeta dress and a navy lace minidress with bell sleeves, have been best-sellers at stores like Barneys, largely for their flattering silhouettes. (Keep in mind that the designers have had lots of practice pleasing ...
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