Prom clothing at Chalmers
Prom clothing at Chalmers
The attire at a prom is a festive costume, which means a tailcoat, a local costume with party accessories, military uniform, or a full-length dress with a warm or light shawl.
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Festive costume
Festive costume
If formal attire is required in the evening, men wear tailcoats, women sometimes wear evening dresses or prom dresses. In popular Swedish dress code, festive attire for day use is missing. Internationally, a jacket is used instead of a tailcoat on the day by men, which in some cases can also occur in Sweden. In Anglo-American etiquette, formal attire is called formal attire (formal) or modern white tie. It is also possible to wear a folk costume or local costume in a party variant. Military personnel (whether retired or inactive) may wear party uniforms in the form of festive attire or large mass attire (the latter only at party gatherings). Priests can wear their robes.
The term civilian attire means that the uniform is excluded. If a tailcoat is stated as clothing, local clothing is also excluded. Academic formal attire means evening dress with a black vest for men and a black long dress for women.
Missing an invitation statement or order as to what attire is expected during the event, e.g. a wedding, it is traditionally festive attire that applies. Today, however, it is very unusual in Sweden for guests to be expected to wear festive attire if no dress code has been entered.
Ball gown
Ball gown
For a full-length dress, also called a prom dress, with a warm or light shawl, gloves can be worn if desired. Their length is then determined by the sleeve length of the dress. The gloves can be kept on when greeting, talking and dancing, but should be taken off when eating, both for practical and etiquette reasons. These are then placed in the knee or in the evening bag. The evening bag should be small and elegant and should never be placed on the dining table but placed e.g. in the knee or behind the back. Wearing rings on the outside of the gloves reveals a great lack of style and finesse, an elegant watch or a beautiful bracelet, on the other hand, works well. Long hair should be set up and the neck can be adorned with an elegant necklace. Various ornaments in the hair, such as flowers and tiaras fit perfectly. Whole pumps or sandals can be worn on foot. The most important thing, however, is that the shoes have a clear party character, which excludes fashion boots, sneakers and coarser shoes.
Evening dress
Evening dress
Evening dress (English evening dress, evening gown) is a more elegant type of dress, often strapless or with a neckline. The evening dress is worn, for example, with a jacket, cape or shawl, as well as evening gloves, sometimes called opera gloves, and jewelery.
If the bottom is split, the bottom is called the evening skirt. For the evening dress, for example, a top or linen is worn.
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Foto: Nils Eickhoff (CFFC)
Tailcoat
Tailcoat
Anatomy of the tailcoat
The coat; All black with side beats. The length of the skirt should go to the knee crease, neither higher nor lower. The tailcoat is open and the buttons that are present do not correspond to buttonholes.
Pants; Solid black with silk stripes on the side and without blows. Braces are also worn for the trousers.
Shirt; All-white polo-patterned evening dress shirt with a higher collar fitted with snibs.
West; All white and pique patterned.
Bow tie; All white girl patterned. This should be visible outside the shirt's flaps.
According to older labels, all-white glaze gloves or the like can be worn with the coat. For these, they can be kept on when greeting, talking and dancing, but should be taken off when eating. On foot, all-black thin socks and preferably all-black patent leather shoes are worn with a flat currant rosette, but it usually goes well with a pair of all-black, smooth, polished inner shoes with lacing. The chest and cufflinks can be simple white, of mother of pearl or of gold, real or fake, but not black or of silver worn at the funeral. Wrist watches are never worn as a tailcoat, instead a pocket watch with a watch chain is preferably used, preferably in gold. If you want to follow this up with a gold-colored heel ring, it's fine. A white handkerchief, preferably made of silk, should protrude into the breast pocket. Black vests are worn at funerals, at solemn contexts without a party character and at work, e.g. during the dissertation or by the foreman. In addition, belts are never worn, but braces should be the gentleman's choice. As these should not be visible, they can advantageously be black or white, but not colored.
Foto: CFFC
Foto: STORE
Cap
Cap
For formal wear, the white Chalmers hat should be worn by all Chalmerists, even indoors. Non-Chalmerists or doctors may wear Cylinder hats or Doctor's hats if desired.
The hat should have a chalmers mark in the middle up to the white part of the hat and a black tassel with two balls. Mayflowers can also be purchased to show how many years you have studied at Chalmers University of Technology.
Ribbons, medals and similar embellishments
Ribbons, medals and similar embellishments
Ribbons, medals and similar decorations are worn only at solemn occasions, such as national day, ball, christening, birthday party or wedding, but are not common at dinner parties. In the presence of H.M. the king, however, must always H.M. the king's medal of the twelfth size is worn by those it holds. Guests of honor can, at the request of the organizers, wear ribbons or similar decorations to show their special position.
Chalmers hat, always white, is best worn with a festive outfit. The hat may be worn indoors.
Couleurs
Couleurs
For festive clothes, Chalmers Student Union's evening dress should be worn, this is available for purchase at STORE. Section and possibly association ditto are also usually signposted, but an accepted rule is that a maximum of three tailcoats are worn at the same time. And that the institution, section or association that the wearer values most is carried in a descending order. Traditionally, Chalmers tailcoat straps are usually worn over, followed by the section, followed by a possible committee you are currently on or have been in.
Foto: Marcus Sandberg (CFFC)
Foto: Malmö Nation
Other dress codes
Other dress codes
For other dress codes such as a dark suit, odd jacket and tuxedo, Malmö nation has a very good guide with fine examples
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