Give Me the Night: Occasion Clothes Make Their Triumphant Return

We’re sliding back into the swim of going out—and getting spruced up for it. So put on your spikiest heels and most feathery frocks—it’s high time for fashion that pulls no punches.
Long and lithe or graphic and voluminous Model Mona Tougaard does onthetown dressing in two dramatically different—but...

Long and lithe or graphic and voluminous? Model Mona Tougaard does on-the-town dressing in two dramatically different—but similarly striking—ways. Marni bodysuit ($1,590), skirt ($1,690), and boots; marni.com. 

Loewe dress and shoulder bag loewe.com. Andy Wolf Eyewear sunglasses. Pomellato earring. Charlotte Chesnais ring.

Loewe dress and shoulder bag; loewe.com. Andy Wolf Eyewear sunglasses. Pomellato earring. Charlotte Chesnais ring.

From left Model Malick Bodian wears Dries Van Noten. Model Chili Dia wears a Louis Vuitton dress . Tougaard wears a...

From left: Model Malick Bodian wears Dries Van Noten. Model Chili Dia wears a Louis Vuitton dress (louisvuitton.com). Tougaard wears a Givenchy dress (givenchy.com). Model Ifrah Qaasim wears a Louis Vuitton dress and boots (louisvuitton.com). Musical artist Luv Resval wears Celine Homme by Hedi Slimane.

Tougaard is extraordinarily exuberantly in plume in a Bottega Veneta dress and earrings bottegaveneta.com.

Tougaard is extraordinarily, exuberantly in plume in a Bottega Veneta dress and earrings; bottegaveneta.com.

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Tougaard and Dia offer two glinting, winking examples of the kind of all-out glamour we’ve been missing. Dia wears a Chopard earring and Brother Vellies sandals. Tougaard wears a Milamore earring and Del Core sandal.

Dia wears a Bottega Veneta dress bottegaveneta.com. Swarovski necklace. Bodian wears a Lanvin jacket shirt and pants.

Dia wears a Bottega Veneta dress; bottegaveneta.com. Swarovski necklace. Bodian wears a Lanvin jacket, shirt, and pants.

Del Core jacket pants and sandals delcore.com.

Del Core jacket, pants, and sandals; delcore.com.

Tougaard wears layered tops and a bracelet all by Paco Rabanne pacorabanne.com.

Tougaard wears layered tops and a bracelet, all by Paco Rabanne; pacorabanne.com.

The more shimmer the better—no matter where it is you end up. From left Tougaard wears an Ambush dress ambushdesign...

The more shimmer, the better—no matter where it is you end up. From left: Tougaard wears an Ambush dress; ambushdesign .com. Milamore earring. Qaasim wears a Loewe dress; loewe.com. Agmes earring. Dia wears a Paco Rabanne dress; pacorabanne.com. Chopard earring.

Hair, Yann Turchi; makeup, Hiromi Ueda.