Elegant Ice Blue Party Dress Short Knee Length Simple Blue Bridesmaids Dress (BM800S) DaisyFormals Bridesmaid and Formal Dresses in 59+ Colors Historically, women's evening dress tended to be more physically revealing than day dress. Worn in private or semi private spaces, dresses with low necklines and bare arms were accepted as aesthetically sublimated eroticism. [ The 1810s were not entirely about white, as this evening dress surely attests. Far from it. Color was still a major player. This surviving evening ensemble is possibly one that was meant The Queen's most iconic dresses to go on display