THE New Year mood is still on, and more corporate offices, individuals and families may still be planning their parties for this month. If you’re looking to what to wear to these events, especially in the evenings, it is better to join the train of the maxi gown for your evening gig.

In the last few years the quest to rock evening gowns have gained wider ground among Nigeria’s fashionable women, with many now boasting of closets filled with the glittering stuff in different shapes and sizes.

And it was this demand that prompted the recent grand opening of the evening-wear section of the famous Victorious Boutique at Ikota Shopping Complex, Lagos.

Shedding more light on why she expanded her retail clothing business to accommodate evening wears, Mrs Victoria Ibe, CEO of the boutique revealed: “The increasing demand for evening wears by female customers prompted me to dedicate a new section of the boutique for this. Today, women not only wear evening gowns to cocktails, but they also wear them to events such as movie premieres, award ceremonies, musical evenings, fashion shows and even to the church.”

Most red carpet pictures in newspapers, glossy magazines and on the internet are a testimony to this assertion.

Models rocked some of the new collection that caters for all shapes and sizes on the mini- runway at the event. They are for the woman who wants to look elegant in the evening. You can also take a complementing shawl along with the gowns for a more graceful look.