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Related Articles. Semi-formal dress is less formal than black-tie dress but more formal than cocktail attire. A semi-formal dress code is expected for moderately formal events, such as weddings, award ceremonies, bar and bat mitzvahs and a night at the theater.
By Dan Ketchum. Formal, semi-formal, black tie, white tie â all of these are called dress âcodesâ for a reason: They follow strict guidelines. Smart-casual, on the other hand, is a little more undefined. There are no hard-and-fast rules for smart-casual dress; itâs a bit more of a value judgement that typically pops up in business situations where the formal factor is dialed down a notch, but not quite dialed down to business casual levels.