{"id":21888,"date":"2011-12-15T13:42:23","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T19:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artofmanliness.com\/?p=21888"},"modified":"2023-09-04T13:44:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T18:44:08","slug":"dress-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/style\/outfit-guide\/dress-code\/","title":{"rendered":"Dressing for the Occasion: Your 60 Second Visual Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21897 size-full\" title=\"Deciphering the invitation: Dressing for the Occasion \" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/\/2011\/12\/Invitation-3.jpg\" alt=\"Comic guide of Dressing for the occassion.\" width=\"900\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Invitation-3.jpg 900w, https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Invitation-3-768x455.jpg 768w, https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Invitation-3-320x190.jpg 320w, https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Invitation-3-640x379.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been talking a lot about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/articles\/choosing-holiday-party-theme\/\">hosting a holiday party<\/a> lately, but what if you&#8217;re invited to one as a guest? It can be confusing trying to decipher the stated dress code. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/articles\/black-tie-how-to-wear-tuxedo\/\">&#8220;Black tie&#8221; is easy: wear a tux<\/a>. But what about those other categories? Well, last week we brought you a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/articles\/how-to-dress-for-a-job-interview\/\">quick visual guide to dressing for an interview<\/a>, and this week we offer some general guidelines for how to dress for an event at a glance. (We didn&#8217;t do &#8220;Cocktail&#8221; because the expected dress for that designation can vary so widely depending on time of day and level of formality of the event.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/style\/outfit-guide\/how-to-dress-for-wedding-date-ceremony\/\">For more details on dressing for life&#8217;s big events, check out this article.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Like this illustrated guide? Then you\u2019re going to love our book&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Illustrated-Art-Manliness-How-Self-Defense\/dp\/0316362654\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1504116462&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=illustrated+guide+to+art+of+manliness&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=artofmanliness03-20&amp;linkId=72823c21096e9c65d26a1b386e11963b\"><em>The Illustrated Art of Manliness<\/em><\/a>! Pick up a copy on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Illustrated-Art-Manliness-How-Self-Defense\/dp\/0316362654\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1504116462&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=illustrated+guide+to+art+of+manliness&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=artofmanliness03-20&amp;linkId=72823c21096e9c65d26a1b386e11963b\">Amazon<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"https:\/\/storytellersworkshop.com\/\">Ted Slampyak<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been talking a lot about hosting a holiday party lately, but what if you&#8217;re invited to one as a guest? 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