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Black tie is a semi-formal Western dress code for evening events, originating in British and North American conventions for attire in the 19th century.

In British English, the dress code is often referred to synecdochically by its principal element for men, the dinner suit or dinner jacket.

In American English, the equivalent term tuxedo (or tux) is common.

The dinner suit is a black, midnight blue or white two- or three-piece suit, distinguished by satin or grosgrain jacket lapels and similar stripes along the outseam of the trousers.

It is worn with a white dress shirt with standing or turndown collar and link cuffs, a black bow tie, typically an evening waistcoat or a cummerbund, and black patent leather dress shoes or court pumps.

Accessories may include a semi-formal homburg, bowler, or boater hat.

For women, an evening gown or other fashionable evening attire may be worn.

A suit, lounge suit, or business suit is a set of clothes comprising a suit jacket and trousers of identical textiles generally worn with a collared dress shirt, necktie, and dress shoes.

A skirt suit is similar, but with a matching skirt instead of trousers.

It is currently considered semi-formal wear or business wear in contemporary Western dress codes, however when the suit was originally developed it was considered an informal or more casual option compared to the prevailing clothing standards of aristocrats and businessmen.

The lounge suit originated in 19th-century Britain as sportswear and British country clothing, which is why it was seen as more casual than at that time, with the roots of the suit coming from early modern Western Europe formal court or military clothes.

After replacing the black frock coat in the early 20th century as regular daywear, a sober one-coloured suit became known as a lounge suit.

A shirt is a cloth garment for the upper body (from the neck to the waist).

Originally an undergarment worn exclusively by men, it has become, in American English, a catch-all term for a broad variety of upper-body garments and undergarments.

In British English, a shirt is more specifically a garment with a collar, sleeves with cuffs, and a full vertical opening with buttons or snaps (North Americans would call that a "dress shirt", a specific type of collared shirt).

A shirt can also be worn with a necktie under the shirt collar.

A tailor is a person who makes or alters clothing, particularly in men's clothing.

The Oxford English Dictionary dates the term to the thirteenth century.

The word bespoke has evolved from a verb meaning 'to speak for something', to its contemporary usage as an adjective.

Originally, the adjective bespoke described tailor-made suits and shoes.

Later, it described anything commissioned to a particular specification (altered or tailored to the customs, tastes, or usage of an individual purchaser).

In contemporary usage, bespoke has become a general marketing and branding concept implying exclusivity and limited runs.