Thanks for bringing clarity! --Previous Message-- : It has nothing to do with poverty: even in the : most booming 1990 there never were diadems : at the Red Cross Ball. It is simply all : about the dresscode set by the organization : (La Croix-Rouge Monégasque): cravate noir, : black tie. : : Sometimes the dresscode even is "The : Roaring Twenties" or : "Pirates". It is no official State : Event or something like that, just a fancy : fundraiser. :