What does 'black tie' require?

Question

What does 'black tie' require?

Answer 1

A black tuxedo, with a black bow tie. If you are wearing Highland dress, it would be the dress tartan, with the wing-collar shirt and bow tie, and a Bonnie Prince Charlie jacket.

White tie is even more formal!

Answer 2

Smart dress e.g. a suit with a black tie.

Answer 3

Dinner suits or tuxes for the boys and evening dresses for the ladies. x

My favourite kind of 'do, love getting dressed up, you need a date? x x x

Answer 4

It means it is very formal partay... you need to look nice! =D

Answer 5

a suit,preferably black with a tie.every part of you must be neat and clean.tidy.

Answer 6

Are you going to a funeral?

Answer 7

Just a black tie, they won't mind if you are stark naked apart from that!

Answer 8

Black tie means guys have to dress like a t**t while girls can wear whatever they like.

Answer 9

"black tie" means formal dress. suit, tie, white shirt, dress shoes

Answer 10

A black guy named Tie.

Answer 11

a suit... formal and elegant....

Answer 12

smart clothes, and a black tie

Answer 13

A tux for a guy with bow tie and usually a long formal evening dress for a girl.

I'm off to a black tie do tonite - eat drink and be merry!

Answer 14

Black tie is a dress code for formal evening events. Its primary component is the dinner jacket (or "D.J.") as it is known in the United Kingdom, the northeastern United States, and Canada. The jacket and matching trousers are typically called a tuxedo in the United States and Canada, and a smoking on the European continent.

Black tie is today worn at a wide variety of functions, and the corresponding female attire can range from a short cocktail dress to a long gown, depending on fashion, local custom and the hour at which the function takes place.

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1 History

2 Elements

2.1 Coat

2.2 Waistcoat or cummerbund and trousers

2.3 Shirt and tie

2.4 Shoes and socks

2.5 Other options

3 Other styles

4 Corresponding forms of dress

4.1 Mess dress

4.2 Scottish dress

5 Appropriate occasions

6 See also



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History

Beau Brummell is often credited with the invention of the formal suit during the early nineteenth century and for appearing at formal functions dressed in black and white when more colourful attire was more the order of the day. As a member of courtly circles until his estrangement from the Prince of Wales, his influence on others led to the style of dress becoming the norm.

Until the 1880s the only accepted form of evening dress was what is now known as white tie, worn with a tailcoat with peaked lapels and silk facings.

The black silk bow tie and the short mess jacket are of military origin - black silk bow ties were and still are worn by British naval and military officers in ball dress and mess dress when their civilian counterparts are in white tie.

Henry Poole & Co. of Savile Row claims to have made a "short smoking jacket" for the Prince of Wales in 1865. This appears to have been worn by the Prince with a black bow tie, and the fashion was copied by various gentlemen in his circle.

In 1886 this outfit first appeared in the United States, worn by Pierre Lorillard at Tuxedo Park, a country club in New York. There are conflicting accounts of when and by whom the dinner jacket was first worn in the United States, but it quickly acquired the name "tuxedo". This name is now avoided by certain fashionable sets in the United States, in favour of the usual English terms "dinner jacket" and "black tie".

The waist sash, called a cummerbund, was borrowed after World War I from military dress in British India.

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Elements



Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and President Reagan wearing black tie tuxedos with wives in Quebec, Canada, March 18, 1985.Black tie leaves a lot to the wearer's discretion compared to the far more codified white tie (e.g. single- versus double-breasted coat).

Black short coat with silk (ribbed) or satin lapels

Black trousers with a row of silk braid or ribbon down each leg

White dress shirt with a marcella or pleated front

Black silk bow tie

Black cummerbund or low-cut waistcoat (in the U.S. and Canada, a "vest")

Black socks

Black leather shoes

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Coat

The dinner jacket is usually made of black wool, without vents, with ribbed-silk or satin lapels. There are two styles of lapel: the peaked lapel derived from the evening tailcoat, and the shawl lapel reminiscent of a smoking jacket. With the peaked lapel the jacket can be either single- or double-breasted (in the UK, it is considered incorrect to have more than one button on a single-breasted dinner jacket). Notched lapels are a modern innovation, and are not universally considered correct. However, notched lapels are immensely popular in the United States.

Dinner jackets in midnight blue were introduced by the Duke of Windsor, then Prince of Wales, as an alternative to black. This is because in artificial light midnight blue looks black, whereas black often shows a greenish tinge.

White dinner jackets are only worn in warm climates, and in the summer in some temperate countries. The British Isles are not considered warm enough for white dinner jackets to be acceptable, even in the summer. In the United States and Canada white dinner jackets may be worn from mid-April through to Labor Day. The wearing of white dinner jackets in temperate climates is frowned upon in the United Kingdom.

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Waistcoat or cummerbund and trousers

It is common to wear either a black waistcoat (vest) or cummerbund (not both) with a single-breasted dinner jacket. Waistcoats should be low-cut, and are often made in the same material as the lapels of the jacket. It was once common to see them in the same material as the rest of the suit, however. Cummerbunds are worn with the pleats facing up. A pocket watch hanging from the waistcoat (vest) is appropriate.

White waistcoats, as worn with white tie, used to be said to be an alternative to the black waistcoat, but are almost never seen.

Trousers (pants) worn with a dinner jacket, being formal, should not have turn-ups (cuffs) or belt loops. It is usual to wear them with braces (suspenders). There is some debate to the appropriateness and formality of pleats versus none.

The silk braid or ribbon down the edge of the trouser legs is always confined to one stripe, two being reserved for white tie.

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Shirt and tie

A white cotton or linen shirt is conventional, though shirts in off-white or in silk can sometimes be seen. The shirt fronts are usually cotton marcella (as in white tie) or pleated.

Prior to the Second World War, stiff shirts and separate wing collars were usual. Nowadays, in the United Kingdom semi-stiff and non-detachable wing collars are frowned upon, as opposed to detachable stiff wing collars or the classic collar, though despite this they have become popular in recent years.

The shirt is usually fastened with shirt studs in silver, platinum or gold, and the cuffs with matching cufflinks. In lieu of studs, it has become more common to wear a soft dress shirt with a concealed button placket ("French front"). Soft dress shirts have French cuffs, while stiff shirts (as are still worn with white tie) have single cuffs.

Bow ties are usually made of silk barathea or very occasionally satin. It is considered poor form to wear a pre-tied bow tie, particularly when the hook and buckle are in plain view.

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Shoes and socks

Shoes should be formal black leather lace-up shoes, preferably in patent leather. An alternative, rarely seen, are patent-leather pumps with a ribbed silk bow, as is worn with white tie. A popular alternative with some sartorialists is to wear black leather plain toe shoes with a mirror shine.

Socks should preferably be silk.

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Other options

A white handkerchief (cotton, linen or silk) may be worn in the top pocket of the dinner jacket, and a flower in the buttonhole (usually white). The handkerchief is usually folded into a triangle. In cold weather a dark blue or black overcoat, gloves and a white silk scarf may be worn for travelling, but must be removed at the function.

There is no standard headgear for black tie, but if an overcoat is worn a hat such as a black homburg or trilby may be worn, and in summer a straw boater is considered acceptable.

In the past few decades it has become acceptable to wear state decorations with black tie at formal state events. In such cases only one neck ribbon and one breast star are worn, with miniature medals.

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Other styles

Coloured and patterned bow ties, shirt-sleeves and backs, waistcoats and cummerbunds are widespread at parties, but are not appropriate for more formal occasions. Coloured or patterned velvet smoking jackets are sometimes worn after dinner for the port and cigars. but are not appropriate at formal occasions.

Wearing a white bow tie with a dinner jacket is considered to be a grave solecism.

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Corresponding forms of dress

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Mess dress

In the armed forces, officers and non-commissioned officers normally wear mess uniforms which correspond to evening dress or black tie. These vary according to the regiment or corps, but usually involve a short Eton-style jacket that comes to the waist. Some forms include white shirts, black bow ties and low-cut waistcoats, while others have high collars that fasten around the neck and correspondingly high waistcoats. They are usually brightly coloured (in the British Army scarlet is the most common colour) and ornamented with gold lace and buttons, corresponding to the regiment or corps.



Formal Highland regalia, kilt and Prince Charlie jacket for Black tie.In the Royal Navy there is a distinction between "mess dress", which is worn at white tie events, and "mess undress", which is worn at black tie events. Both are worn with a black bow tie, however mess dress is worn with a white waistcoat instead of the usual blue, and may be worn with a stiff shirt and wing collar. The stiff shirt and wing collar were abolished for mess undress in the 1960s, and were made optional for mess dress in the 1990s.

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Scottish dress

Scottish dress is often worn at black and white tie events, especially at Scottish reels and céilidhs. The black tie version is much more common, even at white tie events.

The traditional black tie version of Highland dress consists of:

Black jacket - Prince Charlie, Montrose, Sheriffmuir and Argyll jackets are suitable

Black waistcoat

Kilt

White shirt

Black bow tie

Black Ghillie brogues

White kilt hose

Flashes

Sporran

(The white tie equivalent has the wearer with either a white bow tie or a lace jabot over a collarless shirt. Prince Charlie, Sheriffmuir and Montrose jackets are suitable, but Argyll jackets are not seen as formal enough.)

Other colours for both the Prince Charlie jacket, and the hose are often seen.

The Lowland version of black tie is a variation on normal black tie, with trews worn with a normal dinner jacket or Prince Charlie jacket. Trews are also often worn during the summer and in a warm clime.

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Appropriate occasions

Black tie is only worn in the evening, i.e. after 6 p.m, although there are very rare occasions when it is worn in the daytime. This usually occurs in America.

Black tie is worn at many private and public dinners, dances, and parties, making a comprehensive list difficult specially because its use varies widely from region to region. At the most formal end it has taken over from white tie at many occasions where the latter would formerly have been worn, e.g. by orchestra conductors. At the most formal events court dress is worn.

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See also

Clothing

Formal wear

White tie

Morning dress

Mess dress (Mess kit)

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Answer 15

Years of practicing judo or karate...

Or just dress by, what is also known (UK) as "Dinner Jacket" (D.J):

Black tie leaves a lot to the wearer's discretion compared to the far more codified white tie (e.g. single- versus double-breasted coat).

* Black short coat with silk (ribbed) or satin lapels

* Black trousers with a row of silk braid or ribbon down each leg

* White dress shirt with a Marcella or pleated front

* Black silk bow tie

* Black cummerbund or low-cut waistcoat (in the U.S. and  

      Canada, a "vest")

* Black socks

* Black leather shoes

Answer 16

It means Dinner Suit with Dickie Bow for a formal dinner

Answer 17

Black tie requires a formally dressed person for a setain occasion... the siut requires black shoes,black slacks, white shirt,blazer and a diki bow...

Answer 18

white shirt, trousers ,shoes etc - unless you are in a nudist colony of course !

Answer 19

dinner suit with a bow tie

Answer 20

A dinner suit with shirt and bow tie for more formal occasions. You can hire them in loads of places.

Answer 21

As it states just that a black tie and nothing else.

Answer 22

exactly what it says on the tin.lol

Answer 23

Dinner Jacket, a la James Bond

Answer 24

Wrong wrong wrong

Black dinner suit (Different from a black suit) or in the tropics a white dinner jacket and black dress trousers. Usually have satin strip around the collar and a band down the side of the trouser legs)

Cummerbund (band round your waist)

White dress shirt (NO LARGE FRILLS)

Bow tie ( should preferably match the colour of your cummerbund)

black shoes and socks (preferably formal shoes not fashion)

Most people hire unless you do a lot of dinner parties

Think sixties james bond in a casino and youve got it.

Females wear a cocktail dress with taste - not too tarty.

Answer 25

Black tie is a dress code for formal evening events. Its primary component is the dinner jacket (or "D.J.") as it is known in the United Kingdom, the northeastern United States, and Canada. The jacket and matching trousers are typically called a tuxedo in the United States and Canada, and a smoking on the European continent.

Black tie is today worn at a wide variety of functions, and the corresponding female attire can range from a short cocktail dress to a long gown, depending on fashion, local custom and the hour at which the function takes place.

Answer 26

Tux