Fall is the best. Not only because ~ football ~ and sweater weather (eventually) and the endless pumpkin spice brouhaha, but also for all of the gala and black tie events happening in the Queen City. As much as we have a love-hate relationship with BIG & BLACK TIE FUNDRAISING EVENTS (for our husbands it’s hate-hate), they are the life-blood of many a worthy charitable organization. Besides, once you get there, it’s always a lot more fun that you thought, even for the husbands. (why is that you cannot drag him there, yet once there, you cannot get him to leave?)
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Help support your favorite cause and give yourself a reason to dress up this fall. Here are just a few parties that are on our radar:
Storybook Ball for Ronald McDonald House – Saturday, September 17
Mint Museum 80th Anniversary Celebration / VIP Opening Party 10/21 (invitation only)
JDRF Evening of Hope Gala 10/22
Bone Bash – 10/29 (Monstrous Costumes Cocktail Party)
Opera Carolina Bella Notte – (sold out)
The Patriot Gala – 11/5
Samaritan’s Feet Barefoot Gala – 11/5
Ties & Tails Gala – 11/12
Foundation For Tomorrow SOS Gala – 11/12
Young Affiliates of the Mint Fall Ball – 11/19
What to Wear? Long or short? Ah, that is the question. Many women choose to wear long and many to wear short to these events ~ if we’re new to an event, we always stalk their photo pages to check out what the women wore in years past. With the exception of Bella Notte, the Deb Parties and the big Mint Museum spring Gala, we feel that you can wear short cocktail dresses to most Charlotte black tie events.
Even so, we know that finding the proper attire for the occasion is always the hardest part. Lucky for you, the local boutiques have done their due diligence and made finding the perfect dress for any upcoming Charlotte event that much easier.
NITSA’S APPAREL
Always a first choice for gorgeous dressy cocktail dresses and gowns.
MONKEE’S OF CHARLOTTE
Black Halo – Caine $605
Cynthia Rowley – stripped lace $498
Black Halo – Sanibell (coral) $418
Cynthia Rowley – wild flower (off the shoulder) $398
EVENING BAGS are a MUST HAVE!! …..Silver – dazzling crystal clutch $75 , Lips – envelope Elliot clutch $110, Julia Roberts – clutch black satin rose $115
THE PINK HANGER
Amanda UpRichard Fringe Dress $219
Three Eighty Two Cold Shoulder Dress $158
Sublime Midi Dress $134 BUY NOW
Enchanted Maxi $289 BUY NOW
Rush Hour Maxi ‘Royal Blue’ $212 BUY NOW
Rush Hour Maxi ‘Poppy Iverson’ $288 BUY NOW
KK BLOOM BOUTIQUE
Stylestalker – Aspen Maxi Dress $198 BUY NOW
The Jetset Diaries – Emerald Maxi Dress $228 BUY NOW
BCBG – Dallin Skirt $298 BUY NOW
Saylor – Aleigha Dress $288 BUY NOW
Blessed are the Meek – Wild Hibisbus Dress $198 BUY NOW
COPPER PENNY CHARLOTTE
New Friends Colony dress $178, Fairchild Baldwin necklace
Ella Moss dress $304, Fairchild Baldwin necklace $395
Yumi Kim dress $282, Fairchild Baldwin necklace $395
Likely dress $192, Fairchild Baldwin necklace $395
DOLL. – A BOUTIQUE
DELACY Sam dress in navy $105 Sizes XS, S, M
LUXE ANGEL BOUTIQUE
Long black dress by Lisa & Lucy $159
Blue silk dress by Yumi Kim $169
Don’t see anything you like in this post? Stop by Neiman Marcus SouthPark for their GOWN TRUNK SHOW next week:
Gown Trunk Show
September 15 – 17, 10am to 8pm
To schedule a personal appointment, call 704.442.7900 ext 2227.
Dress Collections, Level Two
