Academic dress includes black robes for graduates. Black tuxedos are worn at formal occasions known as black tie functions.
Mperformers of European classical music or other serious art music dress in black for a concert or recital. Members of the modern goth and some punk subcultures dress predominantly in black (see also goth fashion).

Black is worn by some Muslim women; see List of types of sartorial hijab for photographs of examples such as the abaya. Lawyers and judges often wear black robes.
Black is worn by religious figures within Christianity, e.g. priests (especially of the older religious denominations), monks and nuns Black is worn by Hassidic Jews.