Q My friend has invited me to her wedding lunch and the theme is A Midsummer Night's Dream. I was thinking of wearing a toga dress but am not sure where to buy one. Can you help? Other suggestions on what else to wear are also welcome.

A I am glad to inform you that your toga instinct is an excellent one.

Not only does it have the requisite Greco-Roman associations that echo this Shakespeare play's various mythological references, it is also one of the hottest trends right now and can be easily recycled for non-wedding events.

You may want to check out Warehouse, where some knee-length, primary-coloured toga dresses are going for $133.

For other options, take a cue from the 1999 movie adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream that featured Michelle Pfeiffer dressed in various versions of sheer, shimmering fabric in her role as fairy queen Titania.

Blum has a couple of nude-coloured dresses, some with Greco-Romanesque draping details, that achieve a similar effect. These are priced from $169 to $188.

But the piece de resistance, my friend, the best frock I discovered while on the hunt for your wedding outfit, is a lovely, whimsical dress from Avana:j which is by French label Nice Things. It costs $189. With its charming print of woodland creatures, you will fit right in amid the Bard's world of naughty sprites and feuding fairies frolicking in an enchanted forest.

This article was first published in Urban, The Straits Times.

Pictured dresses (from left to right): Mango, Wannabe, Mango