Formal Night Poll

[Sky Sweet]

What do you usually wear on formal night?

[cruisingdelt]

What do you usually wear on formal night?

 

Tux and a dress. Tux for me and dress/gown for DW:)

[BocaRoo]

Kevin wears a tuxedo and I wear something long and equally dressy. We love formal nights and informal nights and always abide by the requested dress!

[cruisegal101]

Vote is other. Usually long formal gown/long skirt with fancy top or fancy cocktail dependent upon the cruise line and the itinerary. Never anything less than stated.

[Sky Sweet]

My husband wears a tuxedo on formal night.

 

Until recently, I wore evening gowns, but now prefer to wear a black cocktail dress.

 

I find shopping for a nice evening gown these days to be a challenge because most of them are either frumpy or look as if they were designed for a high school prom. On the other hand, I find it relatively easy to find beautiful cocktail dresses that look chic and are age appropriate for a baby boomer.

[wraithe]

Navy dinner dress uniform on the first (or only) formal night, and tux on second formal night if there is one.

[Keith1010]

Tuxedo for me and formal dress for my wife.

 

Keith

[Penney80]

IMy husband wears a tux one night dinner jacket the next. I wear long skirt with dressy blouse sometimes beaded. On informal I wear a long dinner suit most of the time sometimes a short dinner suit. We love dressing up!

[SusieV]

Tux for my husband and evening gown for me.

[Brad1185]

I was suprised you did not have shorts in the main dining room as an option.

[Shipyard Cruiser]

I was suprised you did not have shorts in the main dining room as an option.

 

I have never seen anyone in shorts in the dining room on formal night on any ship.

 

Have you????????

[Susan-M]

Until recently, I wore evening gowns, but now prefer to wear a black cocktail dress.

 

 

My preference too for the reasons that you stated .... and they take up very little luggage space.:)

[DC2OC]

I wear a tux for 2 formal nights.If there is a third I'll wear a Blue Blazer and nice shirt and tie.I enjoy formal nights but more than 2 a cruise takes away from the special feeling of dressing up.....................Frank:)

[jackdiamond]

We always do black tie; but, we have been doing so all of our lives. Therefore, it is not a major endeavor.

[Fogfog]

Tux and a dress. Tux for me and dress/gown for DW:)

 

Same for us

 

Our bos wore tuxedos as well--we just had 3 formal night and then on Chirstmas eve -we ate at Ocean Liners and the guys all wore their tuxedos--Looked and felt great.

Our teens wanted to keep theirs!

[jt1120]

Tux for me, evening gown for the Mrs. I look terrible in a gown.

 

It's one of the perks of looking forward to a cruise, when my wife goes to Dillard's to buy a gown.

[Nonna and Papa]

My husband always wears a tux, but changes his formal shirts between the wing tip collar and a pointed collar. With the wing tip collar he wears bow ties, and with the pointed collar, he wears a formal tie (is it called a four in hand - not sure).

 

I don't care for the gown look for myself, so I usually choose 3 piece formal outfits consisting of either long shirts; pants with an overlay; silk or crepe slacks, and matching beaded shells and jackets.

 

For informal evenings, we both dress in suits. We love dressing for dinner, also.

Mary

[beauxdammit]

Looks like the alterntive dressers don't want to get in on this. Too bad, I would like to hear their perspective, even if I don't likely agree with it.

[jt1120]

Looks like the alterntive dressers don't want to get in on this. Too bad, I would like to hear their perspective, even if I don't likely agree with it.

 

Naw, I don't think we should wake them. They'll just start one of those "no one is gonna tell ME what to wear" hissy fits and it just isn't worth it. For that matter, there's always NCL!

 

Nonna and Papa, we would love to dine at your table!

[Nonna and Papa]

What a nice sentiment! Thank you!

 

Our next table will be on the Constellation TA in September. Shall we look for you there?? :)

 

Mary

[CruisingChick]

I can't really vote since I wear more than one outfit. We usually take cruises with 2 or more formal nights. Some nights I wear a long evening dress, the other I will wear silk pants with very dressy top and if there' s a third I will will something other than the two previous outfits.

 

After our second cruise my husband purchased a classic black tux. He wear that on formal nights.

[hudunnit]

Because neither of us enjoys getting dressed up, on formal nights we head for the buffet. I wear a silky shirt over a shell with black pants and my DH wears a collared shirt and nice slacks. That's pretty much what we wear any night, actually. We wouldn't think of going into a dining room dressed in jeans and tee shirts--we aren't slobs--just don't like to dress up.

 

Jean

[AR 4030]

Husband rents a tux on board. I bring a long black full skirt, & as many fancy tops as there are formal nights. Everyone looks & feels better when the entire table follows the dress code.

[Sky Sweet]

Do you find it easier to find your clothing for formal nights at boutiques or department stores?

 

There was a time when I bought almost all of my formal clothes at boutiques, because they had a much better selection, but in recent years most of the ones that I loved in our area have closed.

[Sky Sweet]

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