While getting decked out for a black-tie event can be relatively simple (buy it or rent it, you’ll never go wrong with a well-tailored black tux) the “cocktail” dress code is an altogether ...

Disclaimer: just because the dress code says "cocktail," that doesn't mean you have to wear an actual cocktail dress. Keep your personal style intact—and if that means a pair of posh trousers ...

The Bletchley, London's spy-themed cocktail ... you dress up as a codebreaker from Bletchley Park, the historical site where British Intelligence cracked German codes during WW2.