Men can don a button down shirt with a suit. You don't need a tie ... also said tea-length dresses are appropriate for a black-tie optional wedding. "I wouldn't go super short, but ankle length ...

No matter how excited you are when that wedding ... black dress, paired with either a diamond or pearl necklace, and black ...

Gentlemen: For men, white tie should consist of an evening tailcoat ... wrinkled texture to his button downs to break up the formalness of the suit)." The dreaded black tie optional doesn't have to be ...