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Choose something that coordinates with your dress color or metallic accents

Traditional options include black, navy, charcoal gray, and deep earth tones, which signal respect and seriousness

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The Ideal Accessories for Black Tie or Black-Tie Optional Outfits What Not to Wear for Black Tie Optional Light-Colored Suit Given the fact that Black-Tie Optional events, as with standard Black Tie events, take place in the evening, a light-colored suit would look informal and inappropriate

By the end of the decade, it was clear that this approach to dressing was here to stay