They met for the first time, she said, at a black-tie party given by a neighbor.

By all appearances she had just rushed out of a black-tie party.

Traditionally a black-tie party is held on the Saturday night of a tournament.

"You know when women go to black-tie parties, they carry those little purses?"

But when you hear his name, you think of elegant women at black-tie parties.

It's only the sight of two people who resemble glamorous movie stars getting ready for a black-tie party.

For his parents' 25th-wedding anniversary, the family had planned a black-tie party at a ritzy hotel.

In 1954, during her junior year, a professor invited Burnett and some other students to perform at a black-tie party.

At many a black-tie party in the last year, women forsook long dresses for short evening suits.

Others are bound for black-tie parties and weddings.

Some of the gamblers at the black-tie party indicated that Resorts has had a good measure of success.

To celebrate the anniversary, a book about the show's first 50 years has been published and a black-tie party was held last night at Lincoln Center.

"There are many more black-tie parties this year than last, and rental demand for New Year's Eve is running very strong."

Lucy's black-tie parties always were occasions.

There are more lectures, exhibitions, meetings, literary events and black-tie parties (whose participants are often wealthy benefactors).

Orpheuscapade is the post-parade black-tie party, that includes live music, food, and dancing, and it's open to the public by paid admission.

The black-tie party will be held under a tent outside the entrance of the Stock Exchange, at Wall and Broad streets.

A power in the National Arts Club, Ms. Harrison is forever going to black-tie parties.

People who did not debate national news or attend black-tie parties or hobnob with political movers or shakers.

Time magazine spins its annual Time 100 list into endless publicity and a lavish black-tie party in New York.

The black-tie party brought together fashion designers from Europe and New York, many of the world's top models and leading business and social figures.

The black-tie party will raise money for a new scholarship program at the Baruch College School of Public Affairs.

And there's Neiman's famous big-ticket fantasy item: your own $6.7 million Bell helicopter to fly you to black-tie parties.

All three try to social-climb as they negotiate the snooty 1950s world of eating clubs and dinner dances, black-tie parties and white-shoe firms.

"Spain: Europe's Rising Star" opened last night with a black-tie party for 700 people, a benefit for the Spanish Institute.