Black Tie Optional While we would be surprised if a Southern debutante ball had a "black tie optional" dress code, be prepared for anything, so here's how to interpret that vague, unhelpful phrase.

For example, if you work in an industry where everyone wears neutrals, you might subconsciously create a rule that neutrals are the only way to dress to be taken seriously.

Black Tie If the dress code is black tie, you can expect the wedding to be an elevated event. Women should wear floor-length gowns (read: no midi dresses) or an elegant pantsuit.

Norms for professionalism have evolved over the past century — and rapidly so in the last five years. In 2019, Wall Street saw Goldman Sachs relax its dress code. On Capitol Hill, Congressperson ...

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One teen is conducting social experiments to prove his theory that dress codes are sexist. In a series of videos posted on TikTok, Drew Jarding, 17, from Illinois, wears the same outfits as his ...

The Championships have begun, and the quintessentially British tennis tournament has some very particular codes for attendees ...

A model policy outlining proper dress and grooming standards for employees in the workplace, including optional clauses for uniform or fragrance-free requirements and permitting or prohibiting ...

School dress codes, for example, may reflect the sexist and harmful view that girls’ bodies are inherently vulgar or inappropriate, that boys will be “distracted” by girls’ bodies, and that girls’ ...

Though it's a symbol of American spirit and ingenuity, denim was invented in Nîmes, France, in the 17th century, about 400 years after the first recorded example of a “dress code” and about ...