white tie

People are constantly shown wearing white tie to black-tie occasions and vice versa.

Late-night talk show hosts joked that when the Reagans relaxed, they would dress down from white tie to black tie.

It seemed to him that his conversion ought not to end in his parading the streets of Liverpool in a black coat and a white tie.

A white tie torn from a stricken sheet made a flaring bow at his neck, and goggles and an old cap-cover served as headgear.

He seemed to have a strong conviction that the eyes of the entire assembly would be concentrated upon that white tie.

Volodya came dressed correctly for calling, in a swallow-tail coat and white tie.

When she carried the brandy to his door, the hand that grasped it was icy, and the other tugged ineffectually at his white tie.