Heading to another black tie dinner next week. Will be wearing my dinner suit as ever with black bow tie and cummerbund, white pocket square etc etc.
My question is, is there ANY safe way to even slightly stand out with black tie? It's just that it gets a bit boring a sea of men all looking literally identical.
Are gloves / scarves / canes only to be worn as part of White Tie, or are they acceptable for black tie?
I would like to have something different or "additional". Yet still remain true to purist black tie. I don't want to break any rules.
I would like people to think "Oh that's a nice touch, I had no idea you could wear that with black tie"
rather than "What is his guy doing, doesn't he know black tie etiquette!?"
Thanks.
My question is, is there ANY safe way to even slightly stand out with black tie? It's just that it gets a bit boring a sea of men all looking literally identical.
Are gloves / scarves / canes only to be worn as part of White Tie, or are they acceptable for black tie?
I would like to have something different or "additional". Yet still remain true to purist black tie. I don't want to break any rules.
I would like people to think "Oh that's a nice touch, I had no idea you could wear that with black tie"
rather than "What is his guy doing, doesn't he know black tie etiquette!?"
Thanks.
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