Does a black tie event require a dinner suit and dickie bow?
Ideally you do need a dinner suit although if you are really on a budget any old pair of black trousers would do with a DJ. It is perfectly acceptable to wear any kind of bow tie with a dinner suit. Spotty, stripey – go as wild or as boring as you want to! There are also regimental bow ties, old school bowties, university bow ties. As far as the DJ itself is concerned, you can have a black one or a white tuxedo or if you fancy yourself as a bit of a dandy with slightly artistic undertones, a velvet one. If you don’t fancy buying one most of the hire shops which hire wedding morning suit will also hire dinner suits. However M & S is a good place to start for dinner suits which don’t cost the earth – most department stores will also stock them. Old fashioned ones are classy so if you have an aging relative who you can pinch one off or a local charity shop it is sometimes worth looking there. What is considered very naff these days (in the UK) is a frilly dress shirt (a plain white will d
