Yes, black tie is a bow tie. Remember that the dinner suit (or "Tux" for some) is meant for after 6 PM, to include the bow tie. To wear a long tie with the dinner jacket is just wrong, especially after 6 PM. Before 6 you would wear a morning suit. However look at Lazenby's outfit during his wedding in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service." That is a strolling suit (I think that is the name of it). It fits between a dinner suit and a morning suit and is worn with a long tie. The advantage is that it can be worn anytime during the day, and if you want some non-black tie, like a silver gray/blue it can be done. I advise friends to go with that for weddings instead of some ugly hacked together "tuxedo" that would make James Bond choke on his caviar.
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