Many invitations to
white tie events, like the last published edition of the British ''Lord Chamberlain's Guide to Dress at Court'', explicitly state that national costume or national dress may be substituted for white tie. In general, each of the supplementary alternatives applies equally for both
day attire, and evening attire.
Ceremonial dress (1961); the Danish ambassador wears a red
diplomatic uniform, the British ambassador a dark one. Including
court dresses,
diplomatic uniforms, and
academic dresses.
Full dress uniform Prior to
World War II formal style of military dress, often referred to as full dress uniform, was generally restricted to the
British,
British Empire and
United States armed forces; although the French,
Imperial German, Swedish and other navies had adopted their own versions of mess dress during the late nineteenth century, influenced by the
Royal Navy. In the U.S. Army,
evening mess uniform, in either blue or white, is considered the appropriate military uniform for white-tie occasions. The blue mess and white mess uniforms are
black tie equivalents, although the
Army Service Uniform with bow tie are accepted, especially for non-commissioned officers and newly commissioned officers. For white-tie occasions, of which there are almost none in the United States outside the national capital region for U.S. Army, an officer must wear a wing-collar shirt with white tie and white vest. For black tie occasions, officers must wear a turndown collar with black tie and black cummerbund. The only outer coat prescribed for both black- and white-tie events is the army blue cape with branch colour lining. To this day, King
Tupou VI of
Tonga (born 1959) has been a frequent wearer of frock coats at formal occasions. Also more recent fashion has been inspired by frock coats:
Prada's autumn editions of 2012,
Alexander McQueen's menswear in the autumn of 2017, and
Paul Smith's autumn 2018. ==Gallery==