blue silk dress Perdita Mini in Satin Midnight Loosely Fitted LaDivine CC2349 Glitter Formal Long

The final result is a light that will bring a warm texture to any room

If you're looking for a dress that can easily be dressed up or down, then this one is your winner

If you don't want to wear a dress, a tailored jumpsuit is a chic alternative

Time reviewer Richard Schickel wrote "Carl Franklin's cool, expert adaptation of Devil in a Blue Dress ...evokes the spirit of '40s film noir more effectively than any movie since Chinatown [1974]" and added that Denzel Washington as Easy "gracefully reanimates a lost American archetype, the lonely lower-class male absorbing more cigarette smoke, bourbon whiskey and nasty beatings than is entirely healthy, as he pursues miscreants and moral imperatives down mean, palm-lined streets." Washington's performance deserved to be nominated for a Best Actor Oscar but the film was virtually ignored by the Academy voters, even Don Cheadle's scene-stealing supporting role as the wildly unpredictable Mouse

And while darker colours are always a safe bet, a quiet print is perfectly acceptable too