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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"What's the venue? I'm from southern Virginia and don't know ANYONE who owns black tie. Having a hard time even imagining specifying an attire for a southern Virginia wedding. Maybe I'm just a hillbilly, though."

Obviously you are a hillbilly. I am also from southern Virginia and most of the weddings  have attended at home have been black tie or cocktail. Let's please not sully the reputation of southern Virginia simply because your friends and family only have Carhart attire and no black tie.[/quote]

[b]If you're going to attempt to be witty by making fun of hillbilly attire, at least spell the shop correctly.  It's CarharTT - two Ts.[/b][/quote]

Ha ha! I'm the first PP. Thank you for this. I was trying to come up with a good comeback, but being that I'm a slow Southerner, I couldn't think of anything. And I didn't know what Carhart was and am too lazy to ask the Google.

Yes, PP, all my family wears "work wear" to weddings. You have us figured out. It's so we don't have to change clothes on our way in from the woods.

I think many men in this situation (in that area) probably would not rent or buy a tux if they did not own one already, and would probably be fine in a nice pressed shirt, tie, and dark suit. Agree with others that a shorter dressy cocktail dress (not a plain black shift type dress, but something with some detail, lace, beading, etc.), appropriate jewelry, and nicely done hair, would be fine. I might take some strappy flat beaded or shiny sandals to wear to the wedding and if driving to another site for the reception, change my shoes on the way there. I think it's hard for flats to not look frumpy with a dressy dress.

I'm still interested in the venue. I've been to some very nice weddings in my part of Southern VA and maintain that none of them were black tie. It isn't going to "sully" the reputation of the area by saying so, as I think most people from outside the area probably think it's a bunch of hillbillies anyway. :) But Southern VA is a big area, and if it's Charlottesville vs., say, Pittsylvania County....

Hopefully you know your friends and their family, so you are more likely to know if they mean "black tie" as a suggestion to class it up a bit, or if you would stick out like a sore thumb if your man wore a black suit instead of a tuxedo.[/quote]

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