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Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 14 September 2012 10:22:01AM 0 points [-]

What prompted me to respond was the "tuxedo for black tie" comment. For business-formal, there's obviously a variety of tasteful and subdued options. I don't believe there's such a thing as gender-neutral evening wear.

Comment author: Sarokrae 14 September 2012 10:34:54AM 0 points [-]

Oh! Ok, fair enough, that makes even more sense. Though I think that's much less of an issue now than it would have been 5 years ago, because ladies tuxedos have been incredibly trendy for about 2 years now. I normally dress very feminine and I still have a couple in my wardrobe. Obviously most of the examples given are still styled in the "sexy" direction, but it's easy to modify that into positive "stylish" but negative "sexy" (by, say, ditching the high heels and switching the short skirts and tight trousers for flowing skirts and palazzo trousers).

It would be like if collars suddenly became fashionable, and celebrities started to wear them to red carpet events all the time.