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Category: evening dress | Tags: dress codes semi-formal white tie
Semi-formal is a dress code that is analogous to black tie, and indicates a level of dress between a lounge suit and white tie. Traditionally, semi-formal calls for a dinner jacket in the evening or a stroller before six o'clock. Women traditionally wear either an evening gown or a cocktail dress, depending on the time of day.

In a large part of the United States since the middle to late twentieth century, the term "semi-formal" has come to indicate something altogether different in colloquial usage. In many cases this modern American sense of the term semi-formal indicates a level of dress between business casual and black tie, and calls for a suit for men and a cocktail dress for women. This level of dress is similar to informal attire in European usage.

Additionally, in parts of the United States, "semi-formal" can also refer to a high school dance for ninth and tenth graders. While not as formal as proms, semi-formals require girls to wear dresses and boys to wear suits.
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