EnglishLapel
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I'm pretty sure all classic tux pants are flat front. Check a GQ or Esquire style guide.
So wrong. Double pleats are the "classic".
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I'm pretty sure all classic tux pants are flat front. Check a GQ or Esquire style guide.
So wrong. Double pleats are the "classic".
Um?
If you really don't see yourself using it often ... don't waste the money. For a tie ... I suggest a standard necktie ... but not black. Perhaps silver or grey.
Nevertheless, if, as you say, you are "not very well versed" when it comes to formal dress, and you wear suits infrequently, spare yourself the time and expense of searching for a black-tie specific ensemble. Any rental operation worth their weight in grosgrain should be able to meet your needs adequately. At the very least you will not lose points for incorrectly 'thinking outside the tux.'
I assumed you were being facetious. Citing Esquire or GQ as an authority on what's classic would usually be considered a joke around here. (I saw one GQ guide on black tie that got roughly one out of three pieces of advice correct.)
But if you want to be a good guest, sometimes it is necessary to rally round the hosts and support their efforts to provide a pleasant evening by taking one for the team.
Generally I'd say this is true ... unless doing so is truly not within one's budget. Of course, there is always used/vintage.
You have improved on my suggestion immensely. Yes, used/vintage jorts, tanktops and flip-flops would really enhance the overall effect.
If it's not going to be a financial hardship, I'd say buy one. Fact is, you will need one sooner or later. And it's sort of one of those rites of passage. Like: