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October 20, 2023

Formal wear or full dress is the Western dress code category applicable for the most formal occasions, such as weddings, christenings, confirmations, funerals, Easter and Christmas traditions, in addition to certain state dinners, audiences, balls, and horse racing events. Formal wear is traditionally divided into formal day and evening wear, implying morning dress (morning coat) before 6 p.m., and white tie (dress coat) after 6 p.m.[citation needed] Generally permitted other alternatives, though, are the most formal versions of ceremonial dresses (including court dresses, diplomatic uniforms and academic dresses), full dress uniforms, religious clothing, national costumes, and most rarely frock coats (which preceded morning coat as default formal day wear 1820s-1920s). In addition, formal wear is often instructed to be worn with official full size orders and medals.

The protocol indicating particularly men's traditional formal wear has remained virtually unchanged since the early 20th century. Despite decline following the counterculture of the 1960s, it remains observed in formal settings influenced by Western culture: notably around Europe, the Americas, South Africa, Australia, as well as Japan. For women, although fundamental customs for formal ball gowns (and wedding gowns) likewise apply, changes in fashion have been more dynamic. Traditional formal headgear for men is the top hat, and for women picture hats etc. of a range of interpretations. Shoes for men are dress shoes, dress boots or pumps and for women heeled dress pumps. In western countries, a "formal" or white tie dress code typically means tailcoats for men and evening dresses for women. The most formal dress for women is a full-length ball or evening gown with evening gloves. Some white tie functions also request that the women wear long gloves past the elbow.

The woman on the left displays a more romantic modern approach and Lourett Russell Grant on the right wears the most formal dress with evening gloves.

Formal wear being the most formal dress code, it is followed by semi-formal wear, equivalently based around daytime black lounge suit, and evening black tie (dinner suit/tuxedo), and evening gown for women. The male lounge suit and female cocktail dress in turn only comes after this level, traditionally associated with informal attire. Notably, if a level of flexibility is indicated (for example "uniform, morning coat or lounge suit", such as seen to the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in 2018), the hosts tend to wear the most formal interpretation of that dress code in order to save guests the inconvenience of out-dressing.

Since the most formal versions of national costumes are typically permitted as supplementary alternatives to the uniformity of Western formal dress codes, conversely, since most cultures have at least intuitively applied some equivalent level of formality, the versatile framework of Western formal dress codes open to amalgamation of international and local customs have influenced its competitiveness as international standard. From these social conventions derive in turn also the variants worn on related occasions of varying solemnity, such as formal political, diplomatic, and academic events, in addition to certain parties including award ceremonies, balls, fraternal orders, high school proms, etc.

History Edit

Clothing norms and fashions fluctuated regionally in the Middle Ages.

More widespread conventions emerged around royal courts in Europe in the more interconnected Early Modern era. The justacorps with cravat, breeches and tricorne hat was established as the first suit (in an anarchaic sense) by the 1660s-1790s. It was sometimes distinguished by day and evening wear.

By the Age of Revolution in the Late Modern era, it was replaced by the previously-casual country leisure wear-associated front cutaway dress coat around the 1790s-1810s. At the same time, breeches were gradually replaced by pantaloons, as were tricorne hats by bicorne hats and ultimately by the top hat by the 19th century and thenceforth.

By the 1820s, the dress coat was replaced as formal day wear by the dark, closed-front knee-length frock coat. However, the dress coat from the transition period was maintained as formal evening wear in the form of white tie, remaining so until this day.

By the 1840s, the first cutaway morning coats of contemporary style emerged, which would eventually replace the frock coat as formal day wear by the 1920s.

Likewise, starting from the 1860s, fashion evolved to gradually introduce the more sportive, shorter suit jacket, likewise originating in country leisure wear. This evolved into the semi-formal evening wear black tie from the 1880s and the informal wear suit accepted by polite society from the 1920s.

Dress codes Edit

The dress codes counted as formal wear are the formal dress codes of morning dress for daytime and white tie for evenings. Although some consider strollers for daytime and black tie for the evening as formal, they are traditionally considered semi-formal attires, sartorially speaking below in formality level.[citation needed]

The clothes dictated by these dress codes for women are ball gowns. For many uniforms, the official clothing is unisex. Examples of this are court dress, academic dress, and military full dress uniform.

Morning dress Edit

Main article: Morning dress

Morning dress is the daytime formal dress code, consisting chiefly for men of a morning coat, waistcoat, and striped trousers, and an appropriate dress for women.

White tie Edit

Main article: White tie

The required clothing for men, in the evening, is roughly the following:

Women wear a variety of dresses. See ball gowns, evening gowns, and wedding dresses. Business attire for women has a developmental history of its own and generally looks different from formal dress for social occasions.

Supplementary alternatives Edit

Many invitations to white tie events, like the last published edition of the British Lord Chamberlain's Guide to Dress at Court, explicitly state that national costume or national dress may be substituted for white tie.[3][4]

In general, each of the supplementary alternatives applies equally for both day attire, and evening attire.

Ceremonial dress Edit

 
Diplomatic reception in West Germany (1961); the Danish ambassador wears a red diplomatic uniform, the British ambassador a dark one.
Further information: Ceremonial dress

Including court dresses, diplomatic uniforms, and academic dresses.

Full dress uniform Edit

Further information: Full dress uniform

Prior to World War II formal style of military dress, often referred to as full dress uniform, was generally restricted to the British, British Empire and United States armed forces; although the French, Imperial German, Swedish and other navies had adopted their own versions of mess dress during the late nineteenth century, influenced by the Royal Navy.[5]

In the U.S. Army, evening mess uniform, in either blue or white, is considered the appropriate military uniform for white-tie occasions.[6][citation needed] The blue mess and white mess uniforms are black tie equivalents, although the Army Service Uniform with bow tie are accepted, especially for non-commissioned officers and newly commissioned officers. For white-tie occasions, of which there are almost none in the United States outside the national capital region for U.S. Army, an officer must wear a wing-collar shirt with white tie and white vest. For black tie occasions, officers must wear a turndown collar with black tie and black cummerbund. The only outer coat prescribed for both black- and white-tie events is the army blue cape with branch colour lining.[6]

Religious clothing Edit

Further information: Religious clothing

Certain clergy wear, in place of white tie outfits, a cassock with ferraiolone, which is a light-weight ankle-length cape intended to be worn indoors. The colour and fabric of the ferraiolone is determined by the rank of the cleric and can be scarlet watered silk, purple silk, black silk or black wool. For outerwear, the black cape (cappa nigra), also known as a choir cape (cappa choralis), is most traditional. It is a long black woolen cloak fastened with a clasp at the neck and often has a hood. Cardinals and bishops may also wear a black plush hat or, less formally, a biretta. In practice, the cassock and especially the ferraiolone have become much less common and no particular formal attire has appeared to replace them. The most formal alternative is a clerical waistcoat incorporating a Roman collar (a rabat) worn with a collarless French cuff shirt and a black suit, although this is closer to black-tie than white tie.

Historically, clerics in the Church of England would wear a knee-length cassock called an apron, accompanied by a tailcoat with silk facings but no lapels, for a white tie occasion. In modern times this is rarely seen. However, if worn, the knee-length cassock is now replaced with normal dress trousers.

Cultural dress Edit

Main article: Folk costume

In Western formal state ceremonies and social functions, diplomats, foreign dignitaries, and guests of honour wear a Western formal dress if not wearing their own national dress.

Many cultures have a formal day and evening dress, for example:

  • Av Pak — both traditional and modern embroidered blouse worn by women in Cambodia for special occasions and traditional festivals
  • Bandhgala — also called Jodhpuri suit, worn by men in India, is a traditional dress
  • Barong Tagalog — worn by men in the Philippines
  • Bisht — worn by men with thawb and shmagh or ghutrah and agal in formal and religious occasions, e.g. Eid, in some Eastern Arab countries like (Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and others)
  • Batik shirt — worn by men and women in Indonesia. Besides counting as formal wear, batik shirts are worn well into the informal level.
  • Bunad — worn as formal dress by women and men in Norway
  • Changshan — a long male version of the qipao, which originated during the Qing dynasty. It can be of cotton for ordinary wear, or of silk for those within aristocratic families. Beneath the changshan, the man generally wears a white mandarin-collar long-sleeved shirt and a pair of dark-colored long pants. Like the qipao, this changshan male gown has slits on both sides (at least knee level) as well. Worn either by Chinese men in the martial arts world or as attire for weddings to match the qipao the bride wears. The qipao and changshan originated as Manchu dresses which government officials, but not ordinary civilians, were required to wear under the Qing dynasty's laws. Gradually, the general Han Chinese civilian population shifted from wearing traditional Chinese hanfu clothing to the qipao and changshan.
  • Cheongsam — a modern female variation of the Qing dynasty silk dress, characterized by a high mandarin collar and side slits of varying lengths. It can be sleeveless, short-sleeved, elbow-length or long-sleeved, and has been adopted by most Chinese women as Chinese wear, depending on materials and occasions.
  • Daura-Suruwal — worn as formal dress by men in Nepal
  • Dashiki — worn by men in West African countries
  • Dhoti — worn by men in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, the Maldives, and Tamil men in Sri Lanka
  • Folkdräkt [sv] — worn as formal dress by women and men in Sweden
  • Hátíðarbúningur — worn by men in Iceland to formal events such as state dinners and weddings
  • Hanbok — worn by both men and women in Korea
  • Highland dress with Scottish kilt — worn as formal dress by men in Scotland or of Scottish descent
  • Kebaya — worn by women in Malaysia and Indonesia
  • Mao suit, worn as diplomatic uniform and evening dress by officials of the People's Republic of China
  • Sari — worn by women in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
  • Shalwar kameez — worn by both men and women in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh
  • Sherwani worn by men in India and Pakistan

Frock coat Edit

 
Heads of government wearing frock coats at the formal signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919
Further information: Frock coat

Although ceased as a protocol-regulated required formal attire at the British royal court in 1936 at the order of the short-reigning King Edward VIII, the frock coat - embodying the background for all contemporary civil formal wear - has not altogether vanished. Yet, it is a rarity mostly confined to infrequent appearances at certain weddings.

The state funeral of Winston Churchill in 1965 included bearers of frock coats.[7]

To this day, King Tupou VI of Tonga (born 1959) has been a frequent wearer of frock coats at formal occasions.

Also more recent fashion has been inspired by frock coats: Prada's autumn editions of 2012,[8] Alexander McQueen's menswear in the autumn of 2017,[9] and Paul Smith's autumn 2018.[10]

Gallery Edit

Morning dress Edit

White tie Edit

See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ "Vintage Evening Waistcoats & Cummerbunds". 3 December 2018.
  2. ^ "White Tie Evening Tailcoat & Trousers (Dress Suit)". www.gentlemansgazette.com. December 7, 2018.
  3. ^ Canadian Heritage (1985). "Dress". "Diplomatic and Consular Relations and Protocol" External Affairs. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
  4. ^ Nobleprize.org. "The Dress Code at the Nobel Banquet: What to wear?".
  5. ^ Knötel, Knötel & Sieg (1980), pp. 442–445.
  6. ^ a b (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-21. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
  7. ^ "THE STATE FUNERAL OF SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL (NEWS IN COLOUR) - COLOUR IS VERY GOOD" – via www.youtube.com.
  8. ^ "Prada Autumn/Winter 2012 Menswear".
  9. ^ "frock coat | Fashion History Timeline". fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu.
  10. ^ "Paul Smith Fall 2018 Menswear Fashion Show".

Works cited Edit

  • Knötel, Richard; Knötel, Herbert; Sieg, Herbert (1980). Uniforms of the World: A Compendium of Army, Navy, and Air Force Uniforms, 1700–1937. New York: Scribner. ISBN 978-0-684-16304-8. Retrieved 26 May 2012.

External links Edit

  •   Media related to Formal clothing at Wikimedia Commons

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Formal wear news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Formal wear or full dress is the Western dress code category applicable for the most formal occasions such as weddings christenings confirmations funerals Easter and Christmas traditions in addition to certain state dinners audiences balls and horse racing events Formal wear is traditionally divided into formal day and evening wear implying morning dress morning coat before 6 p m and white tie dress coat after 6 p m citation needed Generally permitted other alternatives though are the most formal versions of ceremonial dresses including court dresses diplomatic uniforms and academic dresses full dress uniforms religious clothing national costumes and most rarely frock coats which preceded morning coat as default formal day wear 1820s 1920s In addition formal wear is often instructed to be worn with official full size orders and medals The protocol indicating particularly men s traditional formal wear has remained virtually unchanged since the early 20th century Despite decline following the counterculture of the 1960s it remains observed in formal settings influenced by Western culture notably around Europe the Americas South Africa Australia as well as Japan For women although fundamental customs for formal ball gowns and wedding gowns likewise apply changes in fashion have been more dynamic Traditional formal headgear for men is the top hat and for women picture hats etc of a range of interpretations Shoes for men are dress shoes dress boots or pumps and for women heeled dress pumps In western countries a formal or white tie dress code typically means tailcoats for men and evening dresses for women The most formal dress for women is a full length ball or evening gown with evening gloves Some white tie functions also request that the women wear long gloves past the elbow The woman on the left displays a more romantic modern approach and Lourett Russell Grant on the right wears the most formal dress with evening gloves Formal wear being the most formal dress code it is followed by semi formal wear equivalently based around daytime black lounge suit and evening black tie dinner suit tuxedo and evening gown for women The male lounge suit and female cocktail dress in turn only comes after this level traditionally associated with informal attire Notably if a level of flexibility is indicated for example uniform morning coat or lounge suit such as seen to the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in 2018 the hosts tend to wear the most formal interpretation of that dress code in order to save guests the inconvenience of out dressing Since the most formal versions of national costumes are typically permitted as supplementary alternatives to the uniformity of Western formal dress codes conversely since most cultures have at least intuitively applied some equivalent level of formality the versatile framework of Western formal dress codes open to amalgamation of international and local customs have influenced its competitiveness as international standard From these social conventions derive in turn also the variants worn on related occasions of varying solemnity such as formal political diplomatic and academic events in addition to certain parties including award ceremonies balls fraternal orders high school proms etc Contents 1 History 2 Dress codes 2 1 Morning dress 2 2 White tie 3 Supplementary alternatives 3 1 Ceremonial dress 3 2 Full dress uniform 3 3 Religious clothing 3 4 Cultural dress 3 5 Frock coat 4 Gallery 4 1 Morning dress 4 2 White tie 5 See also 6 References 6 1 Works cited 7 External linksHistory EditClothing norms and fashions fluctuated regionally in the Middle Ages More widespread conventions emerged around royal courts in Europe in the more interconnected Early Modern era The justacorps with cravat breeches and tricorne hat was established as the first suit in an anarchaic sense by the 1660s 1790s It was sometimes distinguished by day and evening wear By the Age of Revolution in the Late Modern era it was replaced by the previously casual country leisure wear associated front cutaway dress coat around the 1790s 1810s At the same time breeches were gradually replaced by pantaloons as were tricorne hats by bicorne hats and ultimately by the top hat by the 19th century and thenceforth By the 1820s the dress coat was replaced as formal day wear by the dark closed front knee length frock coat However the dress coat from the transition period was maintained as formal evening wear in the form of white tie remaining so until this day By the 1840s the first cutaway morning coats of contemporary style emerged which would eventually replace the frock coat as formal day wear by the 1920s Likewise starting from the 1860s fashion evolved to gradually introduce the more sportive shorter suit jacket likewise originating in country leisure wear This evolved into the semi formal evening wear black tie from the 1880s and the informal wear suit accepted by polite society from the 1920s Dress codes EditThe dress codes counted as formal wear are the formal dress codes of morning dress for daytime and white tie for evenings Although some consider strollers for daytime and black tie for the evening as formal they are traditionally considered semi formal attires sartorially speaking below in formality level citation needed The clothes dictated by these dress codes for women are ball gowns For many uniforms the official clothing is unisex Examples of this are court dress academic dress and military full dress uniform Morning dress Edit Main article Morning dress Morning dress is the daytime formal dress code consisting chiefly for men of a morning coat waistcoat and striped trousers and an appropriate dress for women White tie Edit Main article White tie The required clothing for men in the evening is roughly the following Formal trousers uncuffed with stripes on leg seams White pique front or plain stiff fronted shirt with a detachable wing collar cuff links and shirt studs White pique bow tie White pique vest waistcoat 1 A dress coat evening tailcoat 2 Black patent leather court shoes AccessoriesWomen wear a variety of dresses See ball gowns evening gowns and wedding dresses Business attire for women has a developmental history of its own and generally looks different from formal dress for social occasions Supplementary alternatives EditMany invitations to white tie events like the last published edition of the British Lord Chamberlain s Guide to Dress at Court explicitly state that national costume or national dress may be substituted for white tie 3 4 In general each of the supplementary alternatives applies equally for both day attire and evening attire Ceremonial dress Edit nbsp Diplomatic reception in West Germany 1961 the Danish ambassador wears a red diplomatic uniform the British ambassador a dark one Further information Ceremonial dress Including court dresses diplomatic uniforms and academic dresses Full dress uniform Edit Further information Full dress uniform Prior to World War II formal style of military dress often referred to as full dress uniform was generally restricted to the British British Empire and United States armed forces although the French Imperial German Swedish and other navies had adopted their own versions of mess dress during the late nineteenth century influenced by the Royal Navy 5 In the U S Army evening mess uniform in either blue or white is considered the appropriate military uniform for white tie occasions 6 citation needed The blue mess and white mess uniforms are black tie equivalents although the Army Service Uniform with bow tie are accepted especially for non commissioned officers and newly commissioned officers For white tie occasions of which there are almost none in the United States outside the national capital region for U S Army an officer must wear a wing collar shirt with white tie and white vest For black tie occasions officers must wear a turndown collar with black tie and black cummerbund The only outer coat prescribed for both black and white tie events is the army blue cape with branch colour lining 6 Religious clothing Edit Further information Religious clothing Certain clergy wear in place of white tie outfits a cassock with ferraiolone which is a light weight ankle length cape intended to be worn indoors The colour and fabric of the ferraiolone is determined by the rank of the cleric and can be scarlet watered silk purple silk black silk or black wool For outerwear the black cape cappa nigra also known as a choir cape cappa choralis is most traditional It is a long black woolen cloak fastened with a clasp at the neck and often has a hood Cardinals and bishops may also wear a black plush hat or less formally a biretta In practice the cassock and especially the ferraiolone have become much less common and no particular formal attire has appeared to replace them The most formal alternative is a clerical waistcoat incorporating a Roman collar a rabat worn with a collarless French cuff shirt and a black suit although this is closer to black tie than white tie Historically clerics in the Church of England would wear a knee length cassock called an apron accompanied by a tailcoat with silk facings but no lapels for a white tie occasion In modern times this is rarely seen However if worn the knee length cassock is now replaced with normal dress trousers nbsp First native Catholic parish priest from the Belgian Congo wearing a Roman cassock with the standard 18 buttons Gazet van Antwerpen 2 September 1906 nbsp Catholic Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone wearing a tropical white cassock trimmed in cardinalatial scarlet in Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 2006 nbsp Pope Benedict XVI in white cassock sometimes though unofficially called a simar with pellegrina and fringed white fascia 2007 nbsp Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew I in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem 2014 nbsp Justin Welby Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury and Kim Geun Sang Anglican Primate of the Anglican Church of Korea 2013 nbsp Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar of Jerusalem Israel right with Jewish scholar Joseph J Sherman left 2014 Cultural dress Edit Main article Folk costume In Western formal state ceremonies and social functions diplomats foreign dignitaries and guests of honour wear a Western formal dress if not wearing their own national dress Many cultures have a formal day and evening dress for example Av Pak both traditional and modern embroidered blouse worn by women in Cambodia for special occasions and traditional festivals Bandhgala also called Jodhpuri suit worn by men in India is a traditional dress Barong Tagalog worn by men in the Philippines Bisht worn by men with thawb and shmagh or ghutrah and agal in formal and religious occasions e g Eid in some Eastern Arab countries like Saudi Arabia Iraq Kuwait UAE Qatar Bahrain and others Batik shirt worn by men and women in Indonesia Besides counting as formal wear batik shirts are worn well into the informal level Bunad worn as formal dress by women and men in Norway Changshan a long male version of the qipao which originated during the Qing dynasty It can be of cotton for ordinary wear or of silk for those within aristocratic families Beneath the changshan the man generally wears a white mandarin collar long sleeved shirt and a pair of dark colored long pants Like the qipao this changshan male gown has slits on both sides at least knee level as well Worn either by Chinese men in the martial arts world or as attire for weddings to match the qipao the bride wears The qipao and changshan originated as Manchu dresses which government officials but not ordinary civilians were required to wear under the Qing dynasty s laws Gradually the general Han Chinese civilian population shifted from wearing traditional Chinese hanfu clothing to the qipao and changshan Cheongsam a modern female variation of the Qing dynasty silk dress characterized by a high mandarin collar and side slits of varying lengths It can be sleeveless short sleeved elbow length or long sleeved and has been adopted by most Chinese women as Chinese wear depending on materials and occasions Daura Suruwal worn as formal dress by men in Nepal Dashiki worn by men in West African countries Dhoti worn by men in Pakistan India Bangladesh the Maldives and Tamil men in Sri Lanka Folkdrakt sv worn as formal dress by women and men in Sweden Hatidarbuningur worn by men in Iceland to formal events such as state dinners and weddings Hanbok worn by both men and women in Korea Highland dress with Scottish kilt worn as formal dress by men in Scotland or of Scottish descent Kebaya worn by women in Malaysia and Indonesia Mao suit worn as diplomatic uniform and evening dress by officials of the People s Republic of China Sari worn by women in India Nepal Bangladesh Pakistan and Sri Lanka Shalwar kameez worn by both men and women in Pakistan India and Bangladesh Sherwani worn by men in India and Pakistan nbsp An Icelandic man wears the hatidarbuningur formal dress on his wedding day along with a boutonniere nbsp Couple married in a Shinto ceremony in Takayama Gifu prefecture nbsp King Abdullah in Arab formal dress nbsp Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a bandhgala along with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo AbeFrock coat Edit nbsp Heads of government wearing frock coats at the formal signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919Further information Frock coat Although ceased as a protocol regulated required formal attire at the British royal court in 1936 at the order of the short reigning King Edward VIII the frock coat embodying the background for all contemporary civil formal wear has not altogether vanished Yet it is a rarity mostly confined to infrequent appearances at certain weddings The state funeral of Winston Churchill in 1965 included bearers of frock coats 7 To this day King Tupou VI of Tonga born 1959 has been a frequent wearer of frock coats at formal occasions Also more recent fashion has been inspired by frock coats Prada s autumn editions of 2012 8 Alexander McQueen s menswear in the autumn of 2017 9 and Paul Smith s autumn 2018 10 Gallery EditMorning dress Edit nbsp Morning dress in 1901 nbsp Sir John Goodwin and Lady Goodwin together with Neil Campbell and his wife walking over the Grey Street Bridge in morning dress top hats and spats 1931 nbsp Torsten Nothin Gunnar Asplund Crown Prince Gustav Adolf Prince Eugen and Yngve Larsson at the inauguration of Skogskyrkogarden Stockholm Sweden 1940 nbsp Former U S President Harry Truman with William Lyon Mackenzie King 1947 nbsp Men in morning dress and women in wedding gowns at a wedding 1929 nbsp John F Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy in morning dress and wedding gown outdoors 1953 White tie Edit nbsp Caricature of William Lygon 7th Earl Beauchamp in Vanity Fair 1899 nbsp Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in evening white tie formal wear 1925 nbsp Queen Elizabeth II in ball gown and Prince Philip full dress uniform before the formal full dress opening of the Parliament of Canada 1957 surrounded by participators of varying degrees of formal attire morning dress white tie etc presumably in accordance with their functions or time of arrival and departure nbsp President of the United States Gerald Ford First Lady Betty Ford Japanese Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako the men in white tie during a state dinner 1975 nbsp King Willem Alexander and Queen Maxima walking to the Nieuwe Kerk on his inauguration day 30 April 2013 See also EditCeremonial dress Morning dress White tie Western dress codes Suit Informal wear semi formal wear casual wearReferences Edit Vintage Evening Waistcoats amp Cummerbunds 3 December 2018 White Tie Evening Tailcoat amp Trousers Dress Suit www gentlemansgazette com December 7 2018 Canadian Heritage 1985 Dress Diplomatic and Consular Relations and Protocol External Affairs Retrieved 2008 11 09 Nobleprize org The Dress Code at the Nobel Banquet What to wear Knotel Knotel amp Sieg 1980 pp 442 445 a b Guide to the Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2015 04 21 Retrieved 2019 01 10 THE STATE FUNERAL OF SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL NEWS IN COLOUR COLOUR IS VERY GOOD via www youtube com Prada Autumn Winter 2012 Menswear frock coat Fashion History Timeline fashionhistory fitnyc edu Paul Smith Fall 2018 Menswear Fashion Show Works cited Edit Knotel Richard Knotel Herbert Sieg Herbert 1980 Uniforms of the World A Compendium of Army Navy and Air Force Uniforms 1700 1937 New York Scribner ISBN 978 0 684 16304 8 Retrieved 26 May 2012 External links Edit nbsp Media related to Formal clothing at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en 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