I'm going to an event on Saturday night, and the invite reads "suggested attire is business casual or cocktail attire." Now, to my semi-uneducated mind, there's a bit of a difference between the two.

In an era where athleisure bleeds into business casual, dressing up for weddings and fancy parties can be confusing. Unless you belong to an upper-crust social set, you might be left standing in front ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." WHAT EXACTLY is cocktail attire for men? While dress codes and formalities seem particularly foreign ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." What exactly is cocktail attire? Ask ten people what it means, and you'll get ten different answers. Some ...

One of the thrills in this age of Evite, email, text and Facebook invitations is receiving a printed invitation in the mail. The calligraphy on the front, the elegant or creative design, and, no doubt ...

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A party invitation brings promised merriment along with a tricky question: What to wear? If the note specifies “cocktail attire,” sartorial stress could be right around the corner. This term rarely ...

A wedding guest/bridesmaid was instructed to wear cocktail attire to a couple's rehearsal dinner — but was then given pizza, outside, where she "froze [her] a-- off" in a short dress The wedding also ...

"Man, if you specify the dress code, you have at least to give the guest a fork," another user wrote aire images/Getty A wedding guest/bridesmaid was instructed to wear cocktail attire to a couple's ...