Please help me find something to wear for a dinner party with my Frenemy.

I have to go to a dinner party for a mutual friend‘s birthday and there is a girl that is going who is just awful. Think backhanded comments the looks up and down the criticism and digs disguised as compliments and so on.

I don’t know why she gets invited to these things I think it’s just that whole mean girl thing where people just invite her to stay on the good side of her. I can’t stand her, and she really makes me dread going wherever she is and makes me feel horrible about myself every time.

I have zero interest in being her friend or impressing her in any way, so this is about me feeling confident and happy in myself when she tears me down in other ways. I think if I can at least feel confident and happy with what I’m wearing then I really won’t care what she says to me.

To complicate things I’ve lost a bit of weight, and I’m generally pair/hourglass shape, approximately a size 10 to 12. I don’t like bold patterns, I don’t like bold colour, I like neutrals kind of like blending in. I’m not a hugely confident person in general, and even more so with Fashion I wish I could pick things like others could and it looks effortless and elegant. But I always look like a hot mess LOL.

But the size I am now I’m just not really sure where to start. I just want something that is chic elegant easy to wear. I just wanna feel good about myself honestly. Where should I try? Witchery? Dissh? Zara? Have you seen anything lately That is just a really simple elegant look for a dinner party that doesn’t draw attention but just makes you go “it looks nice. It looks elegant and put together”. I’m thinking like some silk pants and a nice blouse, or a pants suit or just a really nice dress. I haven’t seen a lot yet. I feel like it’s that kind of awkward in between moment where winter is on its way out, but summer hasn’t quite got here yet so there’s not a huge amount that kind of fits the bill.

Please help me. I just want to get through this night with my confidence intact.