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Style and etiquette

Dress codes, table manners and confidence.

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Style and etiquette

How to use cutlery at a formal dinner

Start on the outside and work in. Keep your fork tines down and push food onto the fork. When you finish, place your cutlery together at six-thirty.

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Style and etiquette

What white tie means and what to wear

White tie is the rarest, most formal dress code: a black tailcoat with silk lapels for men, a full-length gown for women.