White Tie
A white tie event is more formal than a black tie event. The dress code entails that men wear full formal attire, with a white tie, vest and shirt.
Women only wear floor length elegant gowns and hair is styled and worn up. These types of events are usually charity or society balls.
Black Tie/Formal:
This is usually a formal event or party suited for formal attire. Men are to wear black tuxedos or dark suits with a long armed formal shirt with a tie or bowtie.
Women preferably wear floor length elegant gowns, however classy cocktail dresses that fall below the knee are now acceptable as well. Wear your hair in an elegant up do or partial up do, and add your best jewellery.
Lounge Suit
Lounge suit dress codes call for a suit and tie for men (black, navy or tan) and a glamorous frock for women (floor length or three quarter length). Accessories are key, ladies, metallic are lovely and men, a silver watch and tie (a pop of bright colour to match your partner) is fashion forward.
Cocktail
Cocktail dress code etiquette usually means semi-formal short elegant dresses, although these dresses may vary in lengths. For men, attire consists of a jacket, with or without a tie, and long dress pants. Cocktail attire is often more fashion-forward with varied coloured suits and shirts.
Business Attire
On the scale of formality, business attire is more formal than casual but less formal than cocktail attire. Business attire consists of, for men, a suit (usually dark in colour), including a pair of trousers with a matching jacket. The suit is worn with a long-sleeved shirt and a tie or a polo shirt with dress pants.
Informal attire for women in its strictest interpretation is patterned after the male standard — a suit consisting of a jacket with matching skirt or trousers, plus a blouse.
Smart Casual
Usually holds the most confusion amongst the dress codes. This etiquette does vary from countries and even companies. Generally, safe attire for a smart casual is office attire with some added accessories – to ‘dress up’ the office attire. A smart jacket and closed shoes or heels is recommended.
If you do opt for jeans, your denim should look somewhat dressy, fresh and sharp with no wear or holes. A great tip for the girls, add a blazer for an extra touch of class.
Casual
Casual dress is more laid back to any other dress code. You may wear anything from a cotton blouse to a T-shirt. Appropriate shoes are part of the etiquette dress code; though many assume flip-flops (thongs) are suitable wear, when in fact they are not. A handy tip is to avoid inflammatory or otherwise offensive graphic tees!
If all else fails, remember the age-old saying “it’s better to be over-dressed then under-dressed”.
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