Usually short evening cocktail dresses are to the knee. Also length can very from at the knee to the stockings garter. It is very beautiful when women in short evening cocktail dresses sitting and from dress cut are visible stockings garter.
Lingerie for short evening cocktail dresses depends on color and style of dresses. For example, red short evening cocktail dresses should be worn with red lingerie. Like with black evening cocktail dresses push up bra looks very attractive.
About makeup for short evening cocktail dresses can be said a lot. Wearing such dresses says that you are young at heart or at life. In this case makeup should be light and bright. Also it depends on the color of dress.
Every fashionable woman should have short evening dresses in their wardrobe.