https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/black-tie-question Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:08:55 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/black-tie-question#post-2337599 Mon, 04 Sep 2023 16:08:13 +0000 Anonymous 2337599@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think the second dress looks the most formal of these three, but love that pink floral one for a garden wedding or Easter, etc.<br /> Long pink one you're considering looks good. Makes me think of Marilyn Monroe! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/black-tie-question#post-2337530 Mon, 04 Sep 2023 04:13:31 +0000 Sal 2337530@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have read this with interest but didn't want to comment as US dress codes can be different to here.&nbsp; I have a possible black tie event in November and I know plenty of people won't go black tie at all!!</p> <p>But I think if your date has a new tuxedo and you are up for it - a new special dress is fun !!&nbsp; It also depends on the crowd - our event is a business awards event.</p> <p>I would wear 1 or 2 to a NZ Black tie event- 2 looks dressier due to the texture.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/black-tie-question#post-2337521 Mon, 04 Sep 2023 03:02:17 +0000 VioletMyra 2337521@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ask Google, "What dress is appropriate for a black-tie event?", you might be pleased by the answer. Best wishes to all. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/black-tie-question#post-2337420 Sun, 03 Sep 2023 01:41:12 +0000 Jenni NZ 2337420@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>All 6 dresses are gorgeous! I last went to a black tie event 10 years ago. My black sparkly lurex dress hangs in the closet mocking me. Only one wear :(<br /> Good luck with the new ones and the likely hemming! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/black-tie-question#post-2337417 Sun, 03 Sep 2023 01:24:39 +0000 Jaime 2337417@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, as you might imagine, I have absolutely no idea but you do look beautiful in all of these. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/black-tie-question#post-2337379 Sat, 02 Sep 2023 11:27:06 +0000 Olive Green 2337379@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Can you put a tulle skirt with one of the sheath dresses?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/black-tie-question#post-2337374 Sat, 02 Sep 2023 10:29:03 +0000 Brooklyn 2337374@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with others that no 1 looks a little too casual. Maybe it’s the print. Looks good though! No 2 and 3 look sensational and would be considered plenty dressy enough here. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/black-tie-question#post-2337364 Sat, 02 Sep 2023 04:04:23 +0000 cat2 2337364@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How fun! Make sure you can move backwards in the dress you pick. The way the white is draped at the bottom seems like it would work well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/black-tie-question#post-2337348 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 23:31:42 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 2337348@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have ordered a couple of floor length dresses to try out next week. My friend says she’ll help hem if one works out, since floor length is about six inches taller than me-length haha. I have a gold dance height stuart weitzman sandal and proper little gold evening bag.</p> <p>My date just got a new tux so I need to keep up! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/black-tie-question#post-2337347 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 23:10:52 +0000 Carol 2337347@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree that the pink is not right--that looks better for a modern garden party. I find the blue appropriate, and the burgundy not so much--unless you dress it up with a really ornate neckpiece.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>You could add to the blue: ballroom dance shoes (if you have them), slick your hair back into a low bun, and add jewelry at&nbsp; the wrists. A good topper would be a wrap--tapestry, brocade, embroiderered, etc.&nbsp;</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/597641748/womens-vintage-peacock-silk-blend-velvet?gpla=1&amp;gao=1&amp;&amp;utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=shopping_us_a-accessories-scarves_and_wraps-scarves-other&amp;utm_custom1=_k_Cj0KCQjwl8anBhCFARIsAKbbpyR6xIBSjO98SqoBdoe72KcQRDa-4PaAXlAX3khpyosD2L-42_rOJTcaAvD3EALw_wcB_k_&amp;utm_content=go_1844702565_65111517290_346397586673_aud-1118323511478:pla-314261242547_c__597641748_12768591&amp;utm_custom2=1844702565&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwl8anBhCFARIsAKbbpyR6xIBSjO98SqoBdoe72KcQRDa-4PaAXlAX3khpyosD2L-42_rOJTcaAvD3EALw_wcB"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/597641748/womens-vintage-peacock-silk-blend-velvet?gpla=1&#038;gao=1&#038;amp" rel="nofollow">https://www.etsy.com/listing/5.....1&#038;amp</a>;</a></p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/black-tie-question#post-2337346 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 23:09:12 +0000 Irina 2337346@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I find the first one too casual for this kind of the event. I would seriously consider #3. Maybe with pumps or slingbacks instead of sandals but I’m old fashioned </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/black-tie-question#post-2337345 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 23:08:19 +0000 Janet 2337345@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The pink looks a bit casual for the event, IMHO. The second one seems the most dressy fabrication, like it could be glammed up to black tie with the right shoes, bag, and jewelry. </p> <p>My experience with that level of formality is limited, and I suspect a lot of functions now tolerate a bit more informality than in the past (after Covid), so YMMV. The event sounds lovely! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/black-tie-question#post-2337344 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 22:47:56 +0000 Suz 2337344@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What's the pink one made of? Fabrication (and accessories) might be key here. You could bling it up and it definitely has a nice twirly skirt.&nbsp;</p> <p>I love you in all of them, but the first looks best for dancing in.&nbsp;</p> <p>I will say it seems a bit casual though if it is true black tie. Not that I have attended such an event in -- maybe forever! So I'm hardly an expert.&nbsp;</p> <p>The black one is gorgeous, too, but it (and the also gorgeous last one) look more cocktail, for sure. The pink one feels more garden party.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/black-tie-question#post-2337341 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 22:14:13 +0000 unfrumped 2337341@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, I struggle with your question because, it’s great to get this type of social event opportunity, but then the what-to-wear for the intended glam , potential need to shop &amp; spend, maybe making poor choices under pressure— kind of gets to me. </p> <p>So, the pink is not right. The teal maybe, with special footwear &amp; jewelry, because you may not be able to find something on short notice. </p> <p>I’d actually not focus on length as the best indoor “ elegant”. Meaning, as maybe was your impression, just because a dress is looong doesn’t mean it, or the wearer, will look or feel the most “ elegant. So a gorgeous midi ( I would include cocktail length also for my own environmental norm of gala/ fundraisers, because well, they know not everyone has or is going to go buy a ball gown, and they want to fill tables. But I digress. Just tossing out being open to not- floor- length if a fabulously glam/ elegant but shorter option presented itself. How something looks on YOU is important, not just what’s in a stock photo. Hence since your second dress looks really good, maybe work with that and relax. </p> <p>Can you borrow or rent? I’d have huge trouble with either, if rental isn’t a real shop, but have to order, try on. </p> <p>Also, shoes come into play. Sometimes full- length gowns are cut longer than the shoes you might wear, &amp; expectation is that the customer will hem/ get hemmed to fit the footwear. Which takes time and adds $$$$.<br /> OTOH, sometimes long enough for a flat shoe ( dressy) is great for feet, and dancing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/black-tie-question#post-2337338 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 21:48:21 +0000 Helena 2337338@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>To my eye, the second one looks the most black tie-ish, especially if you accessorized with some bling ... I would say it would be dressy cocktail ... so if it's not the strictest of black tie, then that would be my pick I think.</p> <p>The pink is beautiful though ... it looks so perfect for say a summer wedding, or dressy garden type party ... YLF in it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/black-tie-question#post-2337336 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 21:45:03 +0000 Angie 2337336@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>As KILLER beautiful as you look in these dresses <b>UmmLila</b>, they seem too casual for black tie, don't you think? They all look cocktail or dressy wedding, IYKWIM.&nbsp;</p> <p>LOVE the pink!!! :)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/black-tie-question#post-2337304 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 15:46:26 +0000 cat2 2337304@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Can you find pictures of the event from a prior year? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/black-tie-question#post-2337297 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 15:31:49 +0000 Bijou 2337297@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don’t have any true black tie ball gowns, but have found that not an issue with the balls I have attended. I love the first dress for dancing, you look beautiful in all of these. This is the dress I wore to a ball in 2022. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/black-tie-question#post-2337293 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 13:59:42 +0000 Tanya 2337293@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>All the dresses are gorgeous on you.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>I vote for the first, pink one.&nbsp; Beside length consideration which L'Abeille mentioned, skirt fullness matters a lot for ballroom dancing.&nbsp; For longer dresses, the skirt needs to be pretty full to allow for (big) waltz steps.&nbsp; As pretty as the satin dresses are, they would probably restrict your movement while waltzing.</p> <p>Have fun! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/black-tie-question#post-2337290 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 13:40:04 +0000 L'Abeille 2337290@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm not an expert on black tie! But if you intend to do any waltzing, any longer than that would be TOO long. In fact, "waltz length" is about 4 inches above the ankle bone I think?</p> <p>Also, I would love to see how those vertical ruffles on the skirt flare out when you twirl! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/black-tie-question#post-2337287 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 13:37:15 +0000 Jules 2337287@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Is this strictly speaking Black Tie, I cannot say but suspect not. However given the nature of the event (3 hours long, charity-driven, veranda) I think you will look lovely and appropriate in this dress. If they truly expected strict "Black Tie" I believe those words would be enough, by qualifying it they have opened the door </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/black-tie-question#post-2337280 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 12:55:33 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 2337280@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Is this pink dress long enough to wear to a black tie event?</p> <p>I also have a purple satin and a teal satin but they seem more cocktail to me. </p> <p>What do we think might work?<br /> ETA I stopped in a local boutique that sells formal wear and asked the owner what she’s been selling for this event. She said floor length and darker colors. I didn’t tell her but I hated all of them. So matronly!<br /> She didn’t think the pink dress was a good choice. </p> <p>I was just invited to a Viennese Waltz a week from today. <div><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.monadnockmusic.org/classical-music-concert-event-schedule.html#sept8">https://www.monadnockmusic.org.....html#sept8</a><br /> </div> </p>