The same Shabbos, two different jobs for a dress. Practical notes for each - no occasion marketing, just what works.
You will be up and down forty times. Choose the piece that survives the kitchen: sleeves that stay pushed up, a hem you do not trip on carrying soup, fabric that forgives a splash. [The Ribbed Knit Set was made for this.]
One step dressier, and it has to travel. Knits roll, woven wraps arrive ready - the travel capsule page covers packing. Bring the layer; someone else's house is always colder.
The wrap dress is the answer either way - dresses up with an earring, down with a flat, and the fit adjusts to a long meal. That is why one is in the opening eight.
Dress for the job you are actually doing - serving, sitting, or both.