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Black-tie in its truest sense was first introduced in the 19th century, when dressing up for dinner was essential because your daytime clothes would smell of the horse youd been riding all day

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It's blue and black, as evidenced by this actual photograph of the mother of the bride, Celica Bleasdale, and her daughter, which was provided to Buzzfeed: (Photo: Lindsay Maden via Buzzfeed ) It's only with the originally shared photo, which was shot with a cell phone camera in bad lighting, that the debate rages