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6) Lets switch gears a bit

Black tie optional allows guests to interpret the dress code with some creative freedom while maintaining a formal standard

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You can also dress them up by wearing them with a pair of chinos or dress pants and a button-up shirt or blazer

Cassells Household Guide , which billed itself as an encyclopedia of domestic and social economy, summed up the problem like this, circa 1880: As a general rule, ladies do not like to see their maids dressed in the clothes they themselves have wornthe difference in the social scale of mistress and maid renders this unpleasing. But Cassells made one exception: a black or a dark-colored silk. Previously, a simple black dress meant a wealthy woman was dressing down. But by the 19th century, the black dress had become a staple of the lower and middle classes