You only have to look at black tie as it is often worn on the red carpet these days to see that ... wrong with a black tux, a white dress shirt, a cummerbund, a bow tie, and all the other fixings.

This mauve tie, for instance, complements the light-pink shirt because both have red in them ... to take color out of the equation altogether. Black-and-white dots set against black-and-white ...

Women: Fortunately, I speak cocktail fluently. Black tie is a martini, formal is a dirty martini, and cocktail is a spicy ...

January GQ cover star and The Crown’s leading man Matt Smith opted for traditional black tie with a white shirt, but with a ... All black red carpet looks are much more striking on women given ...

There is a precedent, however, for wearing a tie with a short-sleeve shirt—that’s the old NASA-control-room look. It goes best with thin black pants, a crew cut, a pencil pack, and a shout of ...

Sure, dress codes might be increasingly casual, but some days call for nothing less than one of the best ties, a performance dress shirt ... with all-black to a red carpet or black tie affair.

Here are three style solutions for what to wear instead. Wear a solid black suit, tie and shoes with a white dress shirt. Keep all the elements on the dressier side. Skip shirts with button down ...

That is to say, it is not appropriate to wear a tie at all with a short-sleeve shirt. This may seem harsh, but it really is no more strict than that a suit consists of a jacket and trousers, not a ...