Black Tie Event (2 Viewers)

[Emily.]

Hey people, need some help

I have my work's Annual Dinner coming up and its a Black Tie event.

Now i dont have many dresses, actually i have 2 options already:

-year 12 formal dress
-year 10 formal dress

my year 12 dress is full length with a cowl neck but completely backless, i think its a little too dramatic for this kind of event

my year 10 dress is a cocktail dress...will wear as a last resort

I think im going to have to buy something...what would be the best options for this kind of thing for something i could wear again? Its on the 15th of July so i dont have that much time (no time to go to sydney cos im working this weekend )

Anyone have any ideas? Dresses that are available in newcastle?

 

[mmm_sofay]

id go with the cocktail dress.
classy, yet comfortadble at the same time.
well, both of my cocktail dresses are.

 

[AlleyCat]

buy something in a simple cut but a nice fabric like satin...a colour staple like black or red that you can wear again. Make sure its past the knees. Black tie isn't cocktail, otherwise it would have said cocktail on the invite.

 

[Emily.]

yeah i know black tie isnt cocktail but theres a lot of young people working here so it wont be full on floor length formal (i already sussed it out a bit)
but yeah cocktail dress to me means mid calf

i was thinking of getting something black or other basic colour in two piece (i.e. top and skirt) ill have a look around, i hope i can find something!

 

[Beckiki_S]

Buy a simple black dress.
Actually emily, right now in abicus (god when do i not talk about abicus) they have some really simple dark green and black dresses which are pretty but not overdone.
Or just go to any number of the formal dress shops in town (King Street) and bypass the 2 piece boob tubes and skirts and go to the calf-length dresses with spaghetti straps.
Dress it up with a really hot clutch.
Don't go to Charlestown, head into Newcastle.

 

[Shell]

i know absolutely nothing about dresses. My mum has been pressuring me for ages to go formal shopping with her. Its my equivalent to HELL. really. i always end up in tears coz i have no clue what im looking for, or what im meant to look like. AHHHHHH!

 

[Lennie]

I say find a really nice LBD

agreed.

Is there any way you can ask other people what they are wearing??


If you opt for a cocktail dress, then just dress it up with a formal shawl, and as bekiki said, a really hot clutch.

 

[Emily.]

YAY I BOUGHT A DRESS

its black and so hot and was soooooo cheap cos the shop was closing down!! $140!!!

its black and long and simple with bits of frilly stuff (yeah real descriptive)

will post pic soon

 

[Atticus.]

im going to black tie shindig tonight
awesome i get to wear my suit that i got tailored for me in thailand again.

 

[braad]

i wanna go to a masquerade ball >.<

 

[Beckiki_S]

Where'd you get it emily?

 

[Emily.]

a shop that was closing down near lillies at the junction
it was in that same little plaza thingy
her last day of trading

 

[Emily.]

bekiki...shop was called Du Kaise Boutique i think

heres a pic
not great quality sorry
the dress isnt really shiny, its just the flash on the satiny lining



dont mind the blue bra, the pic was a very on the spot thingy

ok i think ill need a wrap as itll be bloody freezing
suggestions on colours styles etc please
my shoes will be bronze but the dress is so long u cant see them really

and hair styles
and makeup colours pleaaaaaase

oh and i need a new handbag

 

[Emily.]

no one has any suggestions?

 

[Beckiki_S]

no one has any suggestions?

Lol, would you believe I was in the middle of typing a message last night when i got disconnected. And seriously thats not a lie. I promise.

Hang on, I'll reply again.

 

[Beckiki_S]

bekiki...shop was called Du Kaise Boutique i think

heres a pic
not great quality sorry
the dress isnt really shiny, its just the flash on the satiny lining



dont mind the blue bra, the pic was a very on the spot thingy

ok i think ill need a wrap as itll be bloody freezing
suggestions on colours styles etc please
my shoes will be bronze but the dress is so long u cant see them really

and hair styles
and makeup colours pleaaaaaase

oh and i need a new handbag

OH FUCK YOU I DID IT AGAIN
Not you. YOU - MY COMPUTER.
And the pic is so tiny em, I can't even see the bra (which i guess is a good thing)!
If the dress was shorter I would say get a fur stoll, but its not, so i say (to match your shoes) get a bronze wrap... that is get some material and get a dressmaker or a sewer person you know to make one (if you can't find one at the square).
I say bronzes/golds and browns makeups. Not too heavy, it's not town.
Heaps of shoe stores have formal handbags these days. But I guess you just have to hunt. I say a little beaded clutch would be good. I have this awesome pink beaded clutch (that my stepmum bought so it was way more expensive than what i would pay) that totally goes with black.

What I would personally do...
Wear black shoes, that way you can tailor everything to that, not have to work around the bronze shoes. I would then buy a green beaded clutch that i saw at wanted, green earrings and necklace that i already own and borrow or buy a black wrap. Then I would wear the usual blacklined eyes and a slick of lip stain.

Shit advice, i know. I tried. My other one was better.

 

[mmm_sofay]

OH FUCK YOU I DID IT AGAIN
Not you. YOU - MY COMPUTER.
And the pic is so tiny em, I can't even see the bra (which i guess is a good thing)!
If the dress was shorter I would say get a fur stoll, but its not, so i say (to match your shoes) get a bronze wrap... that is get some material and get a dressmaker or a sewer person you know to make one (if you can't find one at the square).
I say bronzes/golds and browns makeups. Not too heavy, it's not town.
Heaps of shoe stores have formal handbags these days. But I guess you just have to hunt. I say a little beaded clutch would be good. I have this awesome pink beaded clutch (that my stepmum bought so it was way more expensive than what i would pay) that totally goes with black.

What I would personally do...
Wear black shoes, that way you can tailor everything to that, not have to work around the bronze shoes. I would then buy a green beaded clutch that i saw at wanted, green earrings and necklace that i already own and borrow or buy a black wrap. Then I would wear the usual blacklined eyes and a slick of lip stain.

Shit advice, i know. I tried. My other one was better.

if you click on the picture, it goes bigger.
then you can see emilys blue bra.

 

[mr_brightside]

"unfortunately its black tie"

"thai...chinese....doesnt bother me sir ill eat anything....although i would prefer if it wasnt black. Any chance i could get mine medium rare?"

"just go. wear what the hell u want"

lol......Red Dwarf

 

[Emily.]

do i need to work around the shoes since u cant even see them?

maybe ill look for new shoes too
we'll see

 

[Beckiki_S]

Well I never run with the theory that "you won't see them"... because you just never know, you might.
What about when you sit down, the dress always goes higher.
obviously it's up to you though!