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Black tie is less formal than white tie and consists of a black or navy tuxedo, white dress shirt with French cuffs and a turn down collar, silk black bow tie, onyx cufflinks and shirt studs, waistcoat or cummerbund and black patent leather shoes for men, she explains

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I did my best to keep as many of the original features as possible -the dropped waist, the princess seams, the full skirt (although I swopped out the rigid gathered skirt for the swishy semi-circular one to earn Good Mother points with Kate) and the puffish sleeves

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