Attire?

[toothmail]

hi

my husband has this anesthesiology department dinner coming up that everyone from a CA-1 to the program director attends and i am not sure what i am supposed to wear.

although this might seem like a silly question, i am not from the US and am not sure how things work here. do let me know what u guys think. i am not sure how formal these events are....and am totally clueless about the appropriate attire.

help!

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[doc_strange2001]

So your husband is interviewing and you are going with him to the dinner???

 

[VentdependenT]

Originally posted by doc_strange2001
So your husband is interviewing and you are going with him to the dinner???

My girlfriend has been invited to a few of my interview dinners/night before receptions. It isn't uncommon.

Dress is formal casual. Like something you would wear to meet your boyfriend's parents for the first time, or to dinner at a nice restaurant in the city. With that said, you can really only go wrong by wearing jeans or a tank top....unless you have a knockout body.

EDIT: I mean dress casual, not formal casual. I don't even know what formal casual is.

 

[toothmail]

this is not an interview dinner...its some sorta dinner the department has every year so everyone can get together...


thanks for your suggestions....

i have this cocktail kinda knee-length dress...is that ok? its not the full length formal dinner type dress....

would love some more input on this....

will avoid the jeans and tank tops

 

[powermd]

A good question has been raised here- what do people wear to the "night before" dinner prior to an interview?

I was figuring on a stylish shirt with a collar, and nice jeans, or maybe slacks.

Do I wear a sport coat too?

 

[doc_strange2001]

I have my first on coming up..Ive been adviced to wear nice pants kaki or dress, with nice button shirt(no tie needed) or nice sweater.

 

[UTSouthwestern]

You definitely do NOT have to go formal. These dinners are more for your benefit in that it is a more relaxed environment where you can ask us (residents) questions about the program. That being said, I have seen some pretty sharply dressed guys and super dressed up girls. All unnecessary. Go casual, but maybe not shorts, jeans, or cutoffs. 8o)

 

[toothmail]

personally if i was a guy and was going to a pre-interview dinner i would wear dress slacks with a shirt, no tie and a sports jacket (meaning not formal dinner jacket but a more tweed or brown one). u cant go wrong with this combination of casual and formal.

but since i am female there is so much more choice!!

as far as i know for the gals the full length dresses are reserved for more formal occasions. cocktail length dresses are fine for almost everything else. a dressy blouse and slacks are supposed to be semi- formal for a "non-interview" dinner with the colleagues. phew!!

i think i will wear a nice slightly dressy blouse with black slacks. there! am done deciding. now all i need is someone to tell me if this combination sounds stupid.

 

[gaseous]

I've done 4 dinners so far and the trend for guys is business casual: button down shirt and kakis, no tie, no coat.

 

[gaseous]

Originally posted by toothmail
i think i will wear a nice slightly dressy blouse with black slacks. there! am done deciding. now all i need is someone to tell me if this combination sounds stupid.

I think you've got it figured out. That's what the girls have been wearing.

 

[toothmail]

thanks everyone....

 

[toothmail]

hi

am sorry to keep asking the same type of questions here but i just got to know that the invite says "black tie optional". hadnt noticed that. could someone tell me what this means we have to wear to this dinner- from both a guys and a girls perspective.....its 7pm onwards if that makes a difference.....

 

[grouptherapy]

black tie optional? are you serious??? what are you going to, a ball or benefit?


black tie optional usually means gentlemen in tuxedo and women in luxurious long evening dress. for joe blow, that means black/dark suit minimum and women in long evening dress.

 

[toothmail]

this is a department dinner held in some fancy shmancy club and its an ivy league med school ....

eeks i dont have a luxurious long dress! eeps!!

anyways i will get my hubby to ask some people who have attended this before and see what everyone turns up in.....