"Rules" for dressing up

[cacunn]

IMHO - which is not worth much in that I rarely attend formal events - however, IMHO it would be better to be sighlty formally underdressed that to be overly formally dressed. To be overly formally dressed would stand out more than to be slightly under dressed.

[Jennifer D]

IMHO - which is not worth much in that I rarely attend formal events - however, IMHO it would be better to be sighlty formally underdressed that to be overly formally dressed. To be overly formally dressed would stand out more than to be slightly under dressed.

I was taught that it's better to be overdressed than underdressed. If you're way out of line with the rest of the group you can always say that you're on your way to a fancier event after that one. But that may be something women worry about more than men...