About formal attire

Formal dress or formal attire are the general fashion terms for clothing suitable for formal social events, such as a wedding, formal garden party or dinner, debutante cotillion, dance, or race. The Western style of formal evening dress, characterized by black and white garments, has pervaded the corresponding styles of many countries; it is almost always the standard social or formal attire in countries without a formal national costume.

Styles of formal attire

The dress codes counted as formal dress are:

* Full evening dress, or white tie
* Semi-formal evening dress, or black tie
* Formal day dress, or morning dress
* Semi-formal day dress, or stroller