If you're not sure if your suit is appropriate for a particular dress code, you can always ask before you wear it
Someone recently emailed me asking whether I thought smocked dresses and particularly the Hill House nap dresses I lived in all last summer (examples here, here, here, and here) would continue to be in style this year and my personal answer is a resounding yes
The attachment is designed to hold your fabric in a W shape so you can pin straight through and catch the fabric twice
It runs small, I sized up for my backup and I'm glad I did - I', I have a 27" waist but the waist of the dress that was too tight in the 6R
On January 21, the day after her husbands presidential inauguration, Melania stepped out to the National Prayer Service sporting an understated cashmere coat, which was a collaboration between herself and Alice Roi