[quote=@SirensCall]
That's the feel I was getting. Its a formal, but it's not prom level. Imagine what the prom will be like.
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Usually suits for men. Badly picked ties, because they're young. Unless, of course, their fathers know suits and ties. 

I was in a men's clothing store watching a sales guy sell this kid and his mom a purple tie and I wanted to yell, "NOOOO! DONNNNNN'T!" Because purple's a bad color on most white kids anyway, unless you are especially dark of skin and this kid was pale, so that sort of color would just wash him out a bit. Black dudes pull it off, because of skin tone, with a purple shirt or whatever, but the color rules tend to work differently depending on things like skin tone and hair...and region.