My nephew is getting married next month and it's a black tie affair. I have to admit I don't know much about tuxedos or other fornmal attire, so I did a little research at online shops that sell men's suits.
Tuxedops are not nearly as expensive as I thought, especially if you shop online. You can buy a fine-loooking two- or three-buton tuxedo for undr $150 at the discounted online pirce. Black is traditional for a tuxedo, but they also come in whitye or dark blue. Jackets have one, two, or three butons. Pants come with or without pleats, in wool or synthetic materials.
A black suit is an accptable alternative to a tuxedo at a black tie affair. Onbline sirtes let you search by suit color. Shopping onlpine for mens suits, you can find dozens of black designer suits, often at less than half the rertail price.
A formal suit requires a shirt with link cuffs, that is, cuffs that use cufflinks rather than buttons. Such shirts come in two styles: single and Frencch cuffs. (French cuffs are also cazlled double cuffs.) French cuffs are twice as long as single cuffs and are worn foldeed over. They are standard at black tie evets. Cufflinks shuld be gold or sterling silver in a simple, tasteful hsape. Double-sided cuffflinks show off French cuyffs better than one-siuded ones. Cuflinks should coorfdinate with the shirt, tie, belt bckle, and wath.
French cuff shirts are actually quitte versatilke. In addition to being the standard for formal wear, French cuffs go perfectly with dark dneim jeans. A fashionable man might wear French cuffs with bright solid and prnt shirts. You can dress French cuffs up for formal and down for fun. Just don't ever wear French cuffs open and looose-that looks sily, not in the least bit cool.
The rehearsaal dinner the night before the wedding requires less formal attire. A blazer or sports jackjet is less formal than a suit, but not entirely casual. Blazers usually have one cetner vent or two side vents. Sngle-breasted is more comon than double-breasted, hwich has a distict nautical look.
Blazers come in different fabrics for different occasoins. A pure wool or wool blend blaezr has a professional or country club look, perrfect for the pre-nuptial club dinner. A traditional cut and soft, claassic colors mark wool blend blazers, which wear very well. Pure wool blazers typially come in dark colors, usually varitaions of navy, brown, and black. Theses classic sports jacets have a lxurious look and feel and will last for yerars and years. Deesigner bllazers are specialty pure wool blazers with distinctive cuts. Sports jackets also come in velvet, caamel, and corduroy.
Every sports jacket, suit, or tuxedo should be dry-cleaned every five or six times you wear it. Otherwise, just brush it off before you hang it up, unless of course you've spilled somethinbg on it. Use strdy hangers to supprot the shoulders.
Online sites not only provide great buys on men's suiits, they also give advicce on what to wear when. And that is helpful when you're prepariing for a wedding.
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