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formal enough to suggest you own a life beyond spreadsheets.
means a dress code requiring a tuxedo for men and formal evening wear for women, one notch below white tie.
from invented in the 1880s when a wealthy tobacco heir wore a short tailless dinner jacket to a formal ball in tuxedo park, new york, scandalizing traditionalists who expected tails.
named afterthe town tuxedo park, not a fabric
belowwhite tie is one rank more formal
bow tie onlya long necktie technically breaks the code
cummerbund purposeoriginally hid the gap where a waistcoat went
for instance
the oscars — academy awards has enforced black tie since the 1930s ceremonies
nobel prize banquet — stockholm city hall, white tie for men, black tie optional variants exist
met gala — nominally black tie, routinely ignored since 2000s
james bond dinner jacket — sean connery's 1962 dr. no tux defined decades of style