A plain black dress shoe, polished the day of the ... Wear it with a white dress shirt and black tie or bow tie and the same black shoes as above and sit back and accept your compliments.

Of course, you’re never entirely wrong with a black tux, a white dress shirt, a cummerbund, a bow tie ... your black tie.

For anyone who wants to go the suiting route, the brief is pretty simple (and literal): you’re to wear a black bow tie with your dinner jacket. Because it’s a step down in fanciness from white ...

Men: Wear a tuxedo, a long black jacket with tails, a white collared shirt, a white vest, a white bow tie, and black patent-leather shoes. White or gray gloves are appropriate. • Women ...

and (if you’re a real black tie purist) a single row of braid down the outside of each leg. As for the black bow tie itself? Debrett’s advises men select one that’s proportionate to head ...

The next day, he engaged in a high-risk sartorial maneuver that swerved dangerously close to accidental-tuxedo territory: a navy suit with a black bow tie. The 10-term Congressman has also ...

Look for interesting cloth for a jacket, or choose a plain cloth in midnight ... the jacket with a pair of classic black tux pants. Suit ($748) and bow tie ($49) by Suitsupply; shirt ($695 ...