Children in black tie

[ghoti_mhic_uait]

When an invitation says 'black tie' how should one dress a child? Is an ordinary suit appropriate, or should he wear some sort of waistcoat/bow tie combination?

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[badriya.livejournal.com]

What do females wear?

[ceb.livejournal.com]

Full black-tie penguin suit, in my case. Dunno otherwise. Posh ballgown type thing?

[ghoti.livejournal.com]

ballgown/evening dress or same as men. I intend to wear a dark green evening dress.