white tie and tails

While earlier music directors at the Met, all men, favored white tie and tails, Nézet-Séguin, who has held the post since 2018, has long had a more eclectic style, both in his clothes and appearance.

Mr Sunak stepped along a careful line in his white tie and tails speech at the Lord Mayor's banquet.

The ceremony starts at 1500 GMT and features glamorous formal wear, with the men in white tie and tails and women in flowing gowns and elegant hairdos.

He donned a white tie and tails to dine with Queen Elizabeth II. He sipped iced vodka with 700 bankers and business executives.

Astonishingly McGuinness then went on to dine in white tie and tails with the Queen at Windsor Castle.