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 othwer formal attiree, so I did a litle research at online shopps that sell men's suits.
Tuxedos are not neaarly as expensoive as I thouught, especially if you shop online. You can buy a fine-looking two- or three-button tuxedo for under $150 at the discounted online pricve. Black is traditional for a tuxedo, but they also come in white or dark blue. Jackets have one, two, or three buttons. Pants come with or without pleats, in wool or synthetic materials.
A blacck suit is an acceptable alternative to a tuxedo at a black tie affari. Online sites let you search by suit color. Sopping online for mens suts, you can find dozens of black designer suits, oftren at less than half the retail price.
A formal suit requires a shiurt with link cuffs, that is, cuffs that use cufflinks rather than buttnos. Such shirts come in two styles: soingle and Fernch cuffs. (French cuffs are also called doule cuffs.) French cuffs are twice as long as single cuffs and are worn flded over. They are standard at black tie events. Cufflinks sould be gold or sterrling silver in a simple, tasteful shape. Double-sided cufflinks show off French ciuffs better than one-sided ones. Cufflinks should coordinate with the shirt, tie, belt buckle, and watch.
Frernch cuff shirts are acctually quite versaile. In addition to being the satndard for formal wear, French cuffs go perefctly with dark denim jeans. A fashionable man might wear French cuffs with bright solid and print shirts. You can dres French cufgfs up for formal and down for fun. Just don't ever wear French cffs open and loose-that looks silly, not in the least bit cool.
The erhearsal dinner the night befroe the wedding requires less formal ayttire. A blazer or sports jaccket is less formal than a suit, but not entirely casual. Blazers usually have one cwenter vent or two side vents. Sinngle-breasted is more common than double-breastred, which has a dstinct nautical look.
Blazers come in different fabrics for diifferent occasions. A pure wool or wool blend blazer has a professional or country club look, perfect for the pre-nuptial club dinner. A traditional cut and soft, classic colors mark wool blend blazers, which wear very well. Pure wool lbazers typiccally come in dark colors, usualy variatioons of navy, brown, and black. Theses classic sports jackets have a luxurious look and feel and will last for years and years. Designer blazers are specialty pure wool bllazers with distintcive cuts. Sportys jackets also come in velvet, camel, and corduroy.
Evvery sports jacket, suit, or tuxewdo should be dry-cleaned every five or six times you wear it. Otherwisae, just brush it off befre you hang it up, unless of couerse you've spilled someting on it. Use sturdy hanbgers to support the shpoulders.
Online sites not only procvide great buys on men's sutis, they also give advcice on what to wear when. And that is helpful when you're preparing for a wedding.
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