RUNWAY TO REALITY : A Sliver of a Dress in Silver

If you have seen that sparkly silver slip dress once, you’ve seen it a thousand times. This season in particular it’s the party dress, and it’s on the cover of at least three fashion magazines’ December issues. Madonna wears Michael Kors’ rhinestoned slip dress with rhinestone straps for Glamour. Sean Young wears the same dress on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar. And there’s a silver sequined slip dress by Hollywood Nites on the cover of Mademoiselle.

Kors’ shimmering little showoff (pictured) is form-fitting, thigh-grazing and priced to leave you breathless--$8,510 at Neiman Marcus, Beverly Hills. Young wears it with rhinestoned sandals designed for Kors by Casadei, available at Fred Hayman, Beverly Hills, and earrings by Eric Beamon, at Madeleine Gallay, West Hollywood.

Now, the good news. You can get the look of a cover-girl dress for $168, in a silver sequinned slip by Midnight Glow at The Broadway. Here, it is worn with silver sling-back sandals from Shooze II at the Beverly Center, Los Angeles, and earrings by Deanna Hamro, available at Neiman Marcus.