kitonbrioni
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The midnight blue tux is most attractive.
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Midnight Blue Tuxedo -- What Do You Think?
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I personally would have one with matching satin facings, myself. I tend to like smooth things better for semi-formal and for everything to be coordinated. The exception is that DB dinner suit in grey with black facings I saw on The Sartorialist's page (why did he remove the link to here btw?) a while back. It was very eye catching yet had a sort of classic feel to it. I can't explain how.
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or this oxxford......?
http://cgi.ebay.com/4-900-NWT-Oxxfor...QQcmdZViewItem
Oooh. Me likey. In my size too. Too bad the budget line for "tuxedo" this month is zeroed out.
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FWIW, I had one made in midnight blue.
On the, maybe, one dozen occasions I have had the chance to wear it, the color is sometimes is noticed but typically not. Usually it's pretty subtle -- i.e., people can tell something's a little "off" about it. If you want to be noticed, get a red or green velvet smoking jacket.
Since I had it made, I had double back vents put in it, which is not "proper", as I'm sure everyone here knows. But I dislike un-vented jackets and thought it would appear more dashing. I'm not so sure the effect came off.
I like the Kiton quite a lot.
On the, maybe, one dozen occasions I have had the chance to wear it, the color is sometimes is noticed but typically not. Usually it's pretty subtle -- i.e., people can tell something's a little "off" about it. If you want to be noticed, get a red or green velvet smoking jacket.
Since I had it made, I had double back vents put in it, which is not "proper", as I'm sure everyone here knows. But I dislike un-vented jackets and thought it would appear more dashing. I'm not so sure the effect came off.
I like the Kiton quite a lot.
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Both.
Soph, take a couple aspirin and walk it off.
Yeah Soph, be a man!
When and if I have a tuxedo made, it will be midnight navy DB, peak lapels, etc. I'll probably get black facings, since I'm not sure it would be easy to find a bowtie to match midnight blue facings. Of course, I'm 46, so I probably qualify as an "older gentleman".
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Agree with the naysayers: color too light, lapels too narrow. Add to that: don't like the button stance and there appears to be more shoulder than necessary.
To see midnight blue in its true glorious glory, check out the Lesser and Smith formal books. That's what midnight shoud be, in my opinion. Lesser on only has 12 and 14 ounce (seriously impractical for anything but a drafty country house) but Smith goes down to 9.
To see midnight blue in its true glorious glory, check out the Lesser and Smith formal books. That's what midnight shoud be, in my opinion. Lesser on only has 12 and 14 ounce (seriously impractical for anything but a drafty country house) but Smith goes down to 9.
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What do you guys think about this one?
I am considering seriously to buy it
Looks like it's from Star Trek.
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