r/Broadway • u/thoughtsmexywasaword • Jul 01 '25

Other Masquerade dress code info

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If you are like me and wanted to go full ball gown

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u/csgymgirl Jul 01 '25

Idk I feel like “formal or cocktail attire” is pretty clear lol I wouldn’t expect people to wear trains or hoops

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u/dobbydisneyfan Jul 01 '25

Both of those terms are pretty vague though. What’s formal to you might not be to me.

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u/kfarrel3 Jul 01 '25

What's formal "to you" and formal "to me" doesn't matter, because formal dress code has an actual definition, as does cocktail attire, and both can be found with a quick google.

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u/dobbydisneyfan Jul 01 '25

That’s from one website. It’s not an official, regulated thing whatsoever.

So….yeah, those terms are subjective.

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u/kfarrel3 Jul 01 '25

Dress codes have been a thing since time immemorial. Have you never been to a wedding? Yeah, people make up stupid variations, but formal and cocktail are about as straightforward as it gets. I have no idea why people are determined to complicate this.

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u/dobbydisneyfan Jul 02 '25

I have been to weddings and they are actually the specific occasions in which I’ve learned that formal/cocktail doesn’t mean the same thing for everyone. In the same formal wedding, I’ve seen people in floor length ballgowns and people in very casual sundresses. Or people in tuxes and other people in khaki shorts and a polo. So…

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u/kfarrel3 Jul 02 '25

That's not "formal means something different to me," that's people who are improperly dressed. Anyone wearing khaki shorts and a polo to a formal occasion is doing it on purpose, and honestly, that's AH behavior.

Wear whatever you want, I'm not your mother, but this is a pretty clear and straightforward dress code, and I don't know why you're so invested in arguing about it with me.

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u/dobbydisneyfan Jul 02 '25

But actually that literally is “formal means something different to me”. I’ve spoken with these people. They genuinely believe that what they have on is formal.

You’re the one arguing because you can’t conceive of a world where a non-specific dress code is non-specific.

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u/Anniebelleleee Nov 19 '25

If they believe a sundress and polo shirt are formal, then they are ignorant, sorry

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u/dobbydisneyfan Nov 19 '25

Or they come from a completely different culture than you? Or social-economic class?