Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
White tie, also called full evening dress or a dress suit, is the most formal evening Western dress code. [1] For men, it consists of a black tail coat (alternatively referred to as a dress coat, usually by tailors) worn over a white dress shirt with a starched or piqué bib, white piqué waistcoat and the white bow tie worn around a standing wing collar.
Black tie became de-facto evening wear with white tie reserved for only the most formal events. [9] In Britain, black tie became acceptable as a general informal alternative to white tie, though at the time the style and accessories of black tie were still very fluid. In the 1920s men began wearing wide, straight-legged trousers with their suits.
In western countries, a "formal" or white tie dress code typically means tailcoats for men and evening dresses for women. The most formal dress for women is a full-length ball or evening gown with evening gloves. Some white tie functions also request that the women wear long gloves past the elbow.
Black Tie White Noise marked the return of the producer Nile Rodgers (pictured in 1999), who previously co-produced Bowie's 1983 album Let's Dance.. With Bowie and Rodgers co-producing, recording for Black Tie White Noise took place between April and November 1992, [1] alternating between Mountain Studios in Montreux, Switzerland and the Hit Factory in New York City, with additional recording ...
Death in a White Tie is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh. It is the seventh novel to feature Roderick Alleyn , and was first published in 1938. The plot concerns the murder of a British lord after a party.
A white cummerbund with a white bow tie is authorized (for white tie events) for SNCO's. [ 36 ] A summer white mess dress (see link for pictures of the obsolete uniforms), similar in design to U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard uniforms, but with shoulder epaulettes instead of rank boards, was worn until the mid-1990s when it was phased out.
"Black Tie White Noise" is the title track from British singer-songwriter and actor David Bowie's 18th album of the same name (1993). Featuring guest vocals by Al B. Sure! , it was written by Bowie, produced by Nile Rodgers and released as the second single from the album in June 1993 by Arista , BMG and Savage.
A men's court shoe (or opera pump), in patent leather, worn with white tie or black tie attire.. A court shoe (British English) or pump (American English) is a shoe with a low-cut front, or vamp, with either a shoe buckle or a black bow as ostensible fastening.