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    Daytime Semiformal Attire: Strollers
    The "stroller" is a type of coat, and its name is generally given to the whole traditional outfit worn with it as well. Both the term and the fashion are most common in the United States. In the United Kingdom (and countries influenced by UK styles), most daytime events are either treated as formal or business affairs, with no need for a middle ground.
    The stroller looks similar to men's formal daytime attire, and most modern men won't be able to tell the two apart at a glance. The main differences are the color and length of the coat. Essential components include:
A stroller or Stresemann jacket -- black, single- or double-breasted, and tailless, made from heavy wool and usually with peaked lapels. They tend to be a touch longer and more squared-off than modern suit jackets, but do not have the long tails of a morning coat.
Formal trousers in light gray. Solid, striped, or checked are all acceptable, though the stripes and checks should be a subdued, gray-on-gray pattern. As with formal attire, only suspenders are appropriate -- never a belt.
A waistcoat in gray, black, or buff.
A formal shirt with a detachable, turndown collar (never a wing collar). The front should fasten with studs, not buttons, and the cuffs should be single and fasten with links.
A gray or silver necktie (never an ascot or cravat).
Black Oxfords, dress boots, or riding boots.
    Most of this style is interchangeable with morning dress. The main difference is the jacket and the shirt collar/necktie combination. In most countries that wear it (the United States, Germany, and Japan are the places where it is most common), semiformal daytime attire evolved as a slightly more convenient version of its formal cousin, and has remained largely unchanged ever since.
    Evening Semiformal Attire: Black Tie
    Black tie attire calls for a tuxedo jacket, but not all tuxedoes are black tie.
    Sounds complicated, no?

    Mostly it comes down to the quality of the tux and the other items you wear it with. For true black tie, everything should be black and white, with the possible exception of a single small, colored accent like a boutonnière.
    Other than that, the "dinner suit," as black tie is sometimes called, is not actually all that different from a modern business suit. It is largely a matter of accessories, materials, and precision that turns it into a higher dress standard.
    For true black tie, the following are all required:
A tuxedo jacket -- a black or midnight blue wool jacket with satin or grosgrain facing on the lapels. Lapels should be peaked or shawl collared (notch lapel tuxedos exist, but are an awkward-looking modernization best avoided). The jacket can be single- or double-breasted, with single-button, single-breasted models the most traditional style.
Dinner suit trousers -- matched to the tuxedo jacket, with the same base material, and the material used for the lapel facing sewn along the trouser streams in wide stripes (called "braids"). The trousers are uncuffed and should only be worn with suspenders, never with belts.
A black waistcoat or cummerbund , both equally acceptable. Avoid colored versions of either -- restrained, dark-colored cummerbunds are occasionally acceptable, but unless the wearer is very sure of himself it's always better to keep semiformal evening wear black and white.
A black tie shirt -- plain white, with a turndown collar and a pleated or pique front panel and double cuffs. Studs and links should be used to fasten the shirt. Wing collars are not black tie appropriate, and should be avoided.
A black bowtie made of the same material as the lapel facings and trouser braid. Self-tied is the only appropriate option, never clip-on.
Dress pumps or highly-polished black calf Oxfords.
    In tropical climates or warm weather, it is acceptable to substitute a white, self-faced jacket paired with a black cummerbund. Beyond that, colored jackets, cummerbunds, waistcoats, etc. should be