Cambridge May Ball What should I wear

Hi, the may ball is coming around and I donno what to wear its a black/white tie event and need to find a good tux I was thinking with a wing collar. My budget is about 2000 total I was thinking brooks brothers I am on the fritz



gloocose said:

I donno what to wear its a black/white tie event

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Am I missing something? The dress code is on the f***ing invitation, isn't it? You wear black or white tie!

Since you're in the UK, I would look at Ede and Ravenscroft. They would serve you well. It would be nice to get the white tie rig, but black tie is more practical (since you could use it in the future). So (for black tie): jacket, trousers, vest or cummerbund, pleated or marcella shirt with detachable wing collar, bow tie and patent oxfords or pumps.

Maybe it has been because I've been on the site more often over the past month, but is it me or have there been an obscene number of new members asking really stupid questions recently?

This isnt a dumb question, but I know what you mean.

Hans said:

Am I missing something? The dress code is on the f***ing invitation, isn't it? You wear black or white tie!

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He's not asking if he should wear a tux he's asking what is a good tux he could acquire for $2k or 2k sterling he didn't specify. Regardless, you're a jagoff.

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Thanks for the links, I dident know the good clothing shops here yet. Maybe I should have rephrased it but I am looking for a good place to find a tux



EMartNJ said:

He's not asking if he should wear a tux he's asking what is a good tux he could acquire for $2k or 2k sterling he didn't specify. Regardless, you're a jagoff.

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Well, he did ask what he should wear, not where he could find a dinner jacket.

I should also add the following:

(1) Cambridge is one of the few places where you can wear a dinner jacket twice a week, so how come the OP doesn't have one already? He must be a social pariah who doesn't get invited to anything.

(2) Except for Magdalene, which is white tie, all the balls are overrun by pasty English girls in hideous ballgowns accompanied by boorish drunks who will throw up on the OP's outfit. Nobody will look at what he wears, so why bother? Rent a dinner jacket for the ball and buy a real one for proper occasions.

(3) May Balls are in early June and we are now in early February. What's the rush?

(4) I'm not keen on the Ede and Ravenscroft in Cambridge. They don't know half as much about clothes as they pretend they do. Go to London.

The Thin Man said:

Since you're in the UK, I would look at Ede and Ravenscroft. They would serve you well. It would be nice to get the white tie rig, but black tie is more practical (since you could use it in the future). So (for black tie): jacket, trousers, vest or cummerbund, pleated or marcella shirt with detachable wing collar, bow tie and patent oxfords or pumps.

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Well done. A very nice suggestion for the young lad.

Hans said:

He must be a social pariah who doesn't get invited to anything.

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Are you always this vulgar, old Sport?
Attempts at acerbic wit aside, please maintain a patina of courteous language.
Usage of slang and profanity suggests an association with the lower classes and a lack of education.
We should all endeavor to be superior to our former self.

Ciao !

Ede and Ravenscroft all the way. I'm assuming you're an Undergrad if you're invited to the May Ball? Ede And Ravenscroft even have a shop about 100 yards down from the Fitzwilliam (in the opposite direction to browns). They are Savile Row, know what you need and have been kitting undergrads out for 200+ years. Can't remember what I paid for my tux, but I know that if you wait more than a week, their prices will double or triple. Right now you can catch the January sale.

Go tomorrow. Like 8:45.



Hans said:

Well, he did ask what he should wear, not where he could find a dinner jacket.
I should also add the following:
(1) Cambridge is one of the few places where you can wear a dinner jacket twice a week, so how come the OP doesn't have one already? He must be a social pariah who doesn't get invited to anything.
(2) Except for Magdalene, which is white tie, all the balls are overrun by pasty English girls in hideous ballgowns accompanied by boorish drunks who will throw up on the OP's outfit. Nobody will look at what he wears, so why bother? Rent a dinner jacket for the ball and buy a real one for proper occasions.
(3) May Balls are in early June and we are now in early February. What's the rush?
(4) I'm not keen on the Ede and Ravenscroft in Cambridge. They don't know half as much about clothes as they pretend they do. Go to London.

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The voice of a man who expected to be an Evelyn Waugh at university but found himself adrift in a sea of excellence.

I assume that you are at least in your second term so how have you avoided needing evening dress thus far? I really do agree with Hans or alternately fear that you are a troll.



Blackhood said:

The voice of a man who expected to be an Evelyn Waugh at university but found himself adrift in a sea of excellence.

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I sail that sea every day.



F. Corbera said:

I sail that sea every day.

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Or Punt that River, maybe?



Blackhood said:

Or Punt that River, maybe?

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Don't say punt today.