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For the record, in America, there are only five dress codes that should ever be printed on an invitation. Formal, Semi-formal, Informal, Casual and Costume.
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Semi-Formal (or Black Tie) – Semi-Formal means Black tie. Whether we call it a dinner suit or Tuxedo, [...]
I have an admission. I’m a hat wearer. I think hats are great, I always have, it’s such a great, classic look. When I was young I had a distant uncle who’d had a rather severe stroke many years before I ever knew him. He’d lost his ability to speak and wore a brace on [...]
Continue Reading...It seems to me that a good starting place is probably a discussion of what, exactly, we’re discussing and its history and etiquette.
First, the term “tuxedo,” as well as its even more vulgar cousin, “tux,” are singularly American in origin, coming to us from New York. In 1886, New York socialites James Brown Potter and [...]
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