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WHITE TIE. This, the most formal traditional attire, involves a white bow tie, black jacket with tails, matching trousers and white vests for evening. Swap in a morning coat for day.

Today, white-tie has almost completely faded and been supplanted by black-tie. In the United States, it's even rarer than it is in the UK, where it is still worn at state dinners and other high ...

White Tie: This is the "ultimate in formality," said Jennie Ma, fashion editor at TheKnot.com. "Basically, you're going to have wear a floor-length gown, you're going to have to get dressed up.

Maybe white-tie trends have changed? But no, wrote Jonathan Evans, the digital style director for the men's magazine Esquire. He says Trump's version was just wrong, most obviously in that the ...

The decision has caused an uproar because going white tie is not as simple as swapping out the neck gear that came with your rented tux. In fact, to do so is a formal-wear no-no.

For starters, he was dressed in white-tie finery, not the golf-ready khakis he favors on weekends. He was surrounded by the very members of the mainstream media he routinely derides.

Underdressed guests in miniskirts and short dresses were turned away from the 67th Viennese Opera Ball at the Plaza, a white-tie event.

White Tie. First thing is first: white tie is the most formal dress code possible, with the exception of White Tie Decoration, which Moon reminds is one step up in formality.