Costuming
The standard of dress is semi-formal, with gentlemen requiring a minimum of jacket and tie and ladies appropriately dressed. Many of our attendees dress in period formal dress of the 19th or 20th (or 21st) century. The Society does reserve the right to deny entrance to anyone not appropriately dressed for the occasion (although this is seldom exercised).
The October dance is a Fancy Dress Ball. This is a costume ball as the Victorians would do it. A historical example would be when Queen Victoria and Prince Albert attended one dressed as a simple shepherd and shepherdess (she with a hoop skirt under her dress and he with a tail coat over his lederhosen). At a Fancy Dress Ball, standard semi-formal dress is still accepted, costumes are not required, but standards of dress still apply.