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But brighter, more daytime-friendly shades are perfectly acceptable these days, and some dress codes might even encourage them

Black or brown pants are more taken as formal but when this overall ensemble dresses down it is styled with boat loafers further for semi-formal events too

Erdem's floral silks and Richard Quinn's bold patterns are perfect for a black tie event

Devil in a Blue Dress Carl Franklin scored with this exciting adapation of Walter Mosleys first Easy Rawlins detective tale, starring a terrific Denzel Washington as the South Central resident who takes up snoop work to pay the mortgage

(The portrait was commissioned by the gallery and paid for with private donations.) The Lewinsky scandal was a key moment in the Clinton presidency