New Year's Eve at the Beach

If you're fortunate enough to be spending your New Year's in a beach-y local or if you're lucky like our girlfriend Abby and live in a hot spot like Miami, one of these dresses would work great:

ShallowGal turned us on to Calypso's halter dresses. We love the Pazzi mini-dress for its retro mod styling. This shade of blue suits a beach or pool-side party and the lightweight silk dupioni would feel so comfortable after a day in the sun. It's on sale for $89 from $195 and comes in 14 different colors!

We haven't seen the brand new Thakoon collection for Target in person yet and it wasn't getting trashed by our pals on Twitter; but this dress looks fun and flirty to us -- and it's only $39.

Neiman's has a huge selection of dresses and this one from Nanette Lepore with its open back and swim suit styling is on sale for $165.