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?

Comments

[antinomy.livejournal.com]

He can wear whatever you like, just a suit would be fine! We're not trying to make this difficult or stressful on people! Sorry!

[rysmiel.livejournal.com]

I think you can get away with most anything.

When zorinth was a small child, he responded to being told "We're dressing up for this wedding" with "I want to dress up asa a Musketeer!" And did, and it went down very well indeed.

[tamborine.livejournal.com]

I think it depents on the occassion and the hosts. You can't go wrong by overdressing him in this situation - but if your hosts are okay with a suit then there is nothing wrong with that.

[fellcat.livejournal.com]

Surely black tie means a bowtie, wingtip collar, dinner jacket, and trousers with shiny stripes down the legs? It's what I wear when I'm guesting with other bands anyway.

I tend to think that children at adult functions should wear a smaller version of the appropriate adult clothing, unless cost prohibits this; how can one expect children to behave like adults if they are dressed unlike adults? If there's going to be bouncy castles or similar, take something like a t-shirt and shorts for the child to change into so that the good clothes don't get ruined (this also allows dress-wearing children to go on the bouncy castle).

[badriya.livejournal.com]

What do females wear?