Buying a cocktail dress. Help please!

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I'm going to a party and want a great cocktail dress, preferably in some kind of dark blue colour.

I have a 200 euro ceiling, so imo that's quite alot. I have never bought an expensive dress before (except wedding dress) and so want to make sure the dress is really worth it.

I saw this dress:

www.net-a-porter.com/intl/product/79765

and really like it but I think I would prefer a cowl neck to a scoop neck as I think it's more flattering.

I think I would also like the dress to go to just above my knees, and perhaps this dress is slightly too small.

I am 5 ft 4, and a size 10.

Any suggestions?

Bumping for the wise and avid ladies, some of whom have tried this on ...

How about this?

Bit over budget though...

Stripes

Not blue but lovely

Not blue either

nice

Thanks tethersend! I like the layla dress, it's really lovely, definately the nicest. Suddenly I don't care about blue!!

It's so hard when you can't just try on the dresses, maybe I should make an effort and go into the city for the day.

Has anyone tried on the dress I linked to or the layla dress tethersend linked to? Any thoughts on either of them.

Post on the 'We shop because we are' thread: some of the ladies on that have the VW one, I'm fairly sure.

Oh thanks a million, I'll do that.