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That said, if you don't start the wedding until after 5, and you want your guests to wear little black dresses, or their most glamorous styles, and you want to open it up to mini party dresses as well as longer, showy, more revealing looks, then a cocktail or even a formal cocktail dress code might be a good way to describe it