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What Is Semi Formal? 2025 Guide for Dresses & Events Semi formal dress codes can leave anyone second guessing their outfit choices. Most people know that semi formal is meant to be more polished than jeans but feels less stuffy than black tie. But you might be surprised that event context matters more than the actual clothes themselves, with a wedding and a corporate mixer calling for completely different takes on the same code. So if you think semi formal means sticking to one set of rules …