Definitions for white tie
white tie

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. white tienoun

   bow tie worn as part of a man's formal evening dress

2. dress suit, full dress, tailcoat, tail coat, tails, white tie, white tie and tailsadjective

   formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men

3. white-tieadjective

   requiring white ties and tailcoats for men

   "a white-tie occasion"

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1. white tienoun

   The most formal of evening wear, usually worn on state occasions and the like, consisting of an evening tailcoat, trousers, white shirt, white bow tie and waistcoat with sash, alternatively, full military dress, or national costume.

2. white tienoun

   A white tie function.

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1. White tie

   White tie, also called full evening dress or a dress suit, is the most formal in traditional evening western dress codes. 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 pique bib, white piqué waistcoat and the eponymous white bow tie worn around a standing wing collar. Mid or high-waisted black trousers with galon, a braid of trim consisting of two silk stripes to conceal the outer seams of the trousers, along with court shoes complete the outfit. Orders, decorations and medals may be worn. Acceptable accessories include a black top hat, white gloves, a white scarf, a pocket watch, a white pocket square, and a boutonnière. Women wear full-length ball or evening gowns with evening gloves and, optionally, tiaras, jewellery, and a small handbag.The dress code's origins can be traced back to the end of the 18th century. New fully black-coloured justaucorps styles emerged around the Age of Revolution, notably adopted by the bourgeois third estate of the Estates General of the Kingdom of France. Increasingly following the French Revolution, high society men abandoned the richly decorated justaucorps coats for more austere cutaway dress coats in dark colours, with cuts perhaps further inspired by the frocks and riding coats of country gentlemen. Gradually replacing also breeches, lacy dress shirts and jabots with plain white dress shirts, shorter waistcoats, white cravats and pantaloons, this became known as directoire style. By the early 19th-century Regency era, dark dress tailcoats with light trousers became standard daywear, while black and white became the standard colours for evening wear. Although the directoire style was replaced for daytime by black frock coats and bowties by mid-19th century, cutaway black dress tailcoats with white bowtie has remained established for formal evening wear ever since. Despite the emergence of the shorter dinner jacket (or tuxedo) in the 1880s as a less formal but more comfortable alternative, full evening dress tailcoats remained the staple. Towards the end of the Victorian era, white bow ties and waistcoats became the standard for full evening dress, known as white tie, contrasting with black bow ties and waistcoats for the dinner jacket, an ensemble which became known as semi-formal black tie. Following the social changes after the First World War and especially with the counterculture of the 1960s, white tie was increasingly replaced by black tie as default evening wear for more formal events. Since the late 20th century, white tie tends to be reserved for the most formal evening occasions, such as state dinners and audiences, in addition to formal balls and galas such as the Vienna Opera Ball in Austria, the Nobel Prize banquet in Stockholm, Mardi Gras balls in New Orleans, and the Al Smith Memorial Dinner in New York. White tie still also occurs at traditional weddings and church celebrations, at certain societies and fraternities, as well as occasionally around some traditional European universities and colleges.

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1. white tie

   White tie refers to the most formal dress code, typically involving a black tailcoat, waistcoat, and wing collar shirt, and a white bow tie for men, and a full-length formal gown for women. It is often required for high society events such as prestigious galas, state dinners or formal balls.

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1. White tie

   White tie is the most formal evening dress code in Western fashion. It is worn to ceremonial occasions such as state dinners in some countries, as well as to very formal balls and evening weddings. The chief components for men are the black dress coat commonly known as an evening tailcoat, white bow tie, white waistcoat and starched wing collar shirt, while women wear a suitable dress for the occasion, such as a bouffant gown. As evening dress, white tie is traditionally considered correct only after 6:00 p.m. although some etiquette authorities allow for it anytime after dark even if that means prior to 6:00 p.m.. The equivalent formal attire for daytime events is called morning dress. The semi-formal evening counterpart of white tie is black tie.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of white tie in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of white tie in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=white tie
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/White_Tie
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Tie
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=white tie