How to Dress for a Black Tie Event - Women

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Wendy Pilch
Spendalla Personal Shopping
www.spendalla.com  
703.470.7419

Spendalla LLC Personal Shopping services was founded by Wendy Pilch in 2004.  Ms. Pilch has been a stylist and personal shopper for women and men for the past thirteen years.

While receiving her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Sociology and Education at the University of Virginia, Ms. Pilch worked as a consultant for a number of retail stores and was an assistant personal shopper.   She got Spendalla started by outfitting her family and friends.  Today, her business has grown tremendously, in large part due to word of mouth and referrals from satisfied clients.

Today, Wendy and her trained staff provide at-home and online personal shopping services for individuals living in and around the Metropolitan DC Area.  They work closely with clients to give them each a signature style that they can feel proud of.  By shopping for clients and with clients, both in shops and online, Spendalla Personal Shoppers can help save time and money.

Spendalla works with your budget to find you flawless outfits that compliment your own personal style.  You will look and feel your best in the outfits that Spendalla assembles for you.  

How to Dress for a Black Tie Event - Women

In this video, stylist and personal shopper Wendy Pilch shows women everything they need to dress for an event. From evening work events to weddings, Wendy gives women ideas for clothes, shoes and jewelry.

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Wendy Pilch: Hi! I am Wendy with Spendalla Personal Shopping. I am here today with Jane to show you how to dress for an event. Let's take a look at how to dress for a black-tie event. You will notice that Jane is wearing a short black sequence dress with no pantyhose or tights and black pattern leather pumps. There is no need for her to wear pantyhose or tights to a black-tie event and the dress is appropriate because of the black sequence and the dressiness of the shoes that accompany the dress. We have also added a silver clutch to add a little accent to the dress. You will notice that Jane does not have any accessories on. She could certainly wear a bracelet or pair or diamond or pearl earrings to go with the outfit, but because of the detailing with the sequence in the dress it is certainly not appropriate or needed to wear heavy jewellery or a large necklace to go with an outfit such as this. If it were cold evening it would look great to throw a colorful Pashmina shawl over this or to wear a colorful coat on top. So, this is how you dress for a black-tie event.

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