| Your mail falls through the letterbox with a thud. | | | | about models anyway). They want to know how |
| People still like you. People are still paying you. | | | | to interpret different dress codes. So i've pulled |
| People who couldn't care less about you are | | | | together a brief guide. |
| sending you bills (they're pretty smart, they know | | | | Black Tie - I think most everybody knows this, it |
| other people are paying you). You, of course put | | | | essentially means a tuxedo and bow tie. I can't |
| them to one side to open later because amoungst | | | | stress this enough, learn to tie a real one because |
| the mail sits a rather intreguing invitation to | | | | the clip bow ties are naff. Also don't wear a |
| somewhere swanky. You're not only liked. You're | | | | paisley/patterned tie. |
| positively courted. | | | | If you don't know why then stop reading because |
| And then you look a bit closer and you notice, | | | | I cannot help you. |
| where you would usually expect to see the | | | | White Tie - It always means white tie and tails. |
| words black tie, that it says Hollywood Black Tie. | | | | Black tailcoat to be precise and a white waistcoat. |
| Now what? | | | | Rent your gear, because frankly if you need to |
| As writer and marketer in the fashion industry, it's | | | | wear this more than a couple of times in your life, |
| quite possibly the question, I'm asked the most | | | | i'll eat your top hat. |
| by other men (well, after the unprintable stuff | | | | |