For women over 60, formalwear certainly seems less challenging than casual dressing.

It's one of the busiest times of the year for the hire of men's formalwear.

Like Gallowglass, Sarah took a limited view of formalwear.

Retailers such as Asos and other young fashion stores are also helping men put together more interesting formalwear outfits.

Marks & Spencer is cutting back on its formalwear; Moss Bros, the suit specialist, has issued three recent profit warnings.

I've seen him at all sorts of receptions, so straight and manly in his formalwear, escorting little Princess Joanna so seriously.

While a linen-mix might not be the traditional formalwear fabric, there's no reason why you can't do something that's a little bit different.

A man walks inside By BCN, a formalwear store selling wedding gear for gay men, in Barcelona September 5, 2007.

Formalwear, in general, is increasingly the preserve of dandies and defendants.

Formalwear is black or white, midnight blue at a push.