Tag: Black tie
How to get Eveningwear right every time
Getting dressed up to the nines for a formal event or special occasion has been part of human behaviour for centuries. We all want to look our best when the occasion calls for it, but evening wear can sometimes be a bit of a sartorial minefield. Black tie, business formal, white tie, what’s the difference?
Celebrities' Style: Michael Fassbender
Michael Fassbender is a German-Irish actor, born in Heidelberg, West Germany, in 1977 and raised in Killarney, the Republic of Ireland, where he attended school and college. He plays in both independent films and blockbusters. For his portrait of Steve Jobs in the biopic of the same name, Fassbender has received Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe and SAG nominations for Best Actor.
Gentleman's dress - Black Tie
If Black Tie is written on the invitation, it means formal evening dress or tuxedo. It is worn only after 6 PA. Initially it appeared in the English aristocratic society as a garment suitable for smoking rooms, where gentlemen seclude, from where its name comes - a smoking jacket.
Isn't it about time to change the black tie dress code?
Most of the gentlemen - no matter if they are actors, producers, screenwriters, CEOs, etc. and the country they origin from - are dressed almost the same - black suits, white shirts, black bow-ties/ties. We know that this is the traditional set for the Black tie dress code, but...
The elements of the Black tie dress code
Black tie is a men's and women's dress code for evening events (after 6 p.m.) dating back from the 19th century. It is semi-formal - in the middle between white tie (the most formal) and business dress (less formal). For this reason, the black-tie ensembles can display more variation in comparison to White tie.
What are the different types of men's suits?
Have you ever asked yourself where does the word 'suit' come from?
Well, the answer is from the French 'suite', which means 'following' and the Latin verb 'sequor' - 'I follow'.
That's because suit's components - jacket, trousers and waistcoat - follow each other, have the same cloth and colour and are worn together.
Let's take a look at some types of suits, which are worn through the years according to the occasion...
