Thanks Suse!!!! Yes, my first thought was: how do you dress in wide skirts with dots/heaven forbid an Elvis suite AND be black tie??????
I am exhausted - just spent more than a hour looking for pictures on the web. Had an epiphany!! Was Marilyn Monroe not a 60's Icon?? I could wear a black dress, but with the same basic cut as her ever popular white dress. My figure could pull that off (I am in fact a pear - like she was) And it's not so dated that I would feel "out" AND it's summer, so I don't have to worry about getting cold. And it would make me feel pretty *take skirt in hands and swing from side to side, while boring toe in grond*

I am phoning my sister. She is a production assisitent with a filming agency and SHE must know where I can hire some dresses!!