navy blue dress for women Alie Street Waterfall Petite (Navy) stretchable and flowy Penny Lane Navy Sequin Mini

If the new style was really introduced around 1893 it is impossible to tell, but ad copy and fashion columns in American magazines do not begin to depict or discuss anything resembling such a style until 1896, when the Pansy Corset Company began advertising its New Straight Front Corsets (A Perfect Corset)

Featuring Goodyear-welted construction and leather soles

Empire waist (sits higher than natural waist)

Bold silver hoop earrings, a geometric ring stack, and a transparent mini crossbody bag add contemporary edge

Nordstrom has a TON of great party dresses, so I picked out a bunch of my favorites and linked them in the widget below

Once secured, I just ripped out the seam covering the actual zipper