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Who is having a 'Black Tie' wedding and..

SIBride06 Posted: Jan 28, 2006 09:06 AM+

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Posted: Jan 28, 2006 09:06 AM

Who is having a 'Black Tie' wedding and..

if you are, How are you addressing your invites without scaring some of your guests away???

Awhite80 Posted: Jan 28, 2006 09:18 AM+

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Posted: Jan 28, 2006 09:18 AM

Re: Who is having a 'Black Tie' wedding and..

i should have thought of this but i didn't. I don't necessarily want black tie, but i should have put formal attire on the invite (stupid me). I wouldn't put it pass some of my family members wearing jeans and a t-shirt. How do I rectify this situation? I know I am no help, but thought i'd ask too.

Mrs. dleeny Posted: Jan 28, 2006 09:22 AM+

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Posted: Jan 28, 2006 09:22 AM

Re: Who is having a 'Black Tie' wedding and..

if you're going to use black tie on your invites, IMO, the most 'PC' way to say it is: 'black tie welcome'

KvsGrl Posted: Jan 28, 2006 10:14 AM+

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Posted: Jan 28, 2006 10:14 AM

Re: Who is having a 'Black Tie' wedding and..

We are either putting 'Black Tie Invited' or 'Black Tie Preferred' or 'Black Tie Encoraged'

I like invited...

ReemBride06 Posted: Jan 28, 2006 03:07 PM+

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Posted: Jan 28, 2006 03:07 PM

Re: Who is having a 'Black Tie' wedding and..

I didn't really think about it beforehand, but I just put 'Black Tie'

vita930 Posted: Jan 28, 2006 03:13 PM+

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Posted: Jan 28, 2006 03:13 PM

Re: Who is having a 'Black Tie' wedding and..

I am having a formal wedding, we are doing 'black tie invited'...

Goldi1021 Posted: Jan 28, 2006 03:18 PM+

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Posted: Jan 28, 2006 03:18 PM

Re: Who is having a 'Black Tie' wedding and..

I put 'Black Tie' and had no issues about doing it. People who were curious asked. If you own a tux, wear it. If you don't a dark suit and dark tie would be fine. I just did not want people showing up in Dockers and sports jackets. I waited a long time for this day and PC or not, 'Black Tie' it is. We also have a guest list where most of our male guests are over the age of 30. I would imagine they are more inclined to own a tux than some younger men. There was a time when people knew that a Saturday night event was automatically black tie - if people still knew that, there would be no need to indicate the request in print.