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Formal wear

Evening Dress

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Jun 19, 2022
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This issue is the second of a three-part series I wrote on formal dress codes. As I was still publishing on Ghost when I wrote this piece, new subscribers will probably not have had a chance to read it.

The first and most fundamental rule to know about evening formal wear is that Hollywood always gets everything wrong. Time of day, occasion, accessories…

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