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2. Semi-formal wear - Wikipedia

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   Semi-formal wear or half dress is a grouping of dress codes indicating the sort of clothes worn to events with a level of formality between informal wear and formal wear.In the modern era, [when?] the typical interpretation for men is black tie for evening wear and black lounge suit for day wear, corresponded by either a pant suit or an evening gown for women.

3. Western dress codes - Wikipedia

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   Formal, semi-formal, and informal all have roots in 19th century customs subsequent to the replacement of the 18th century generic justaucorps, and has remained fixed defined since the 20th century. The 19th century frock coat rarely occurs except as formal alternative. For women, interpretations have fluctuated more dynamically according to ...

4. Morning dress - Wikipedia

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   If a formal event will commence at or after 6 p.m., a white tie should be specified instead. [1] [6] The semi-formal daytime counterpart of this code is the black lounge suit. [7] [8] Morning dress is generally restricted to certain weddings, royal, government, or municipal audiences, and social season events, e.g., horse races.

5. Mess dress uniform - Wikipedia

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   Mess dress uniform is the most formal (or semi-formal, depending on the country) type of evening-wear uniform used by military personnel, police personnel, and other uniformed services members. It frequently consists of a mess jacket, trousers, white dress shirt and a black bow tie, along with orders and medals insignia.

6. Service dress uniform - Wikipedia

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   The blue service uniform consists of a dark blue coat, light blue trousers (dark blue for general officers), a white turndown-collar shirt, black necktie (neck tab for women), a black beret, and black shoes. Women may wear a dark blue skirt instead of trousers. A peaked cap may be worn instead of the beret.

7. Mess jacket - Wikipedia

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   [3] [4] Civilians first adopted a white mess jacket in 1933 to wear in the tropical weather of Palm Beach, Florida, a popular tourist destination. [1] It was adopted as part of mess dress, the military formal evening wear equivalent to civilian white tie and black tie. The mess jacket soon fell out of fashion for two main reasons.