If you want to smoulder after dark, vamp up your image with this season's drop-dead-fabulous, steamy, sultry look.

Straight out of a 60's smoky jazz den, this retro, effortlessly alluring cocktail chic says you're sexy and you know you are. Check into the later lounge in a shimmering metallic mini teamed with patent platforms and nothing else but smoky eyes; wear a figure-hugging LBD with patterned tights, winkle-picker animal-print kitten heels and hair piled high; or strut your stuff in a sharp-suited black tuxedo with a hint of lace camisole. And don't forget the gold. Go for glitter appeal with a sequinned gold clutch bag and layered heavy gold chains. Mine's a Martini...

This feature was published in October 2006.