Boys are on one side girls are on the other at a wedding. Even if they should notice each other it is rare that they can find out who the other is unless they can somehow meet in the lobby. But when we are talking about BY girls that is not the case. So they are really dressing up for the WOMEN who need to notice them in the sea of other girls. And the bochurim today are so into letting their parents handle their shiduchim so no, the girls are not working on attracting the boys, really they are trying to attract the girls.
Those boys and girls looking to attract each other don’t need to do anything but be themselves and they will find each other. They don’t need makeup, they don’t need fancy clothes, nothing more than a jeans skirt and a tee shirt, or pizza and fries. Even more important is an opinion or an original thought that is even more important and attractive. There is a line in a movie called “Jerry McGuire” the line is “you got me at Hello” and that is the most attractive this day and age. All it takes for boys and girls who need and are looking to connect is a warm, friendly and sincere “hello”. Sometimes that is all a young adult really, really needs. And I am not saying “needs” in the sense that they are looking to connect with the opposite gender. I am saying that they need a real friend and sometimes it winds up being someone from the other side.