The Official-ish DC Thread

[hpreston]

I am not sure about the venue for the one this summer, I think the one next year is a rooftop hotel/lounge type place.

Current tux (thus the trousers) are true midnight.

 

[WoolyLamb]

I am not sure about the venue for the one this summer, I think the one next year is a rooftop hotel/lounge type place.

Current tux (thus the trousers) are true midnight.

I’d be lying if I said I had any experiences with this level of formality. To me I think they would be fine together from a color perspective? Isn’t there a formal or black tie thread somewhere?

 

[hpreston]

Isn’t there a formal or black tie thread somewhere?

There is a black tie thread. Things tend to get a bit serious in there.

I like the smaller feel of this thread, and respect the opinions of frequenters in this thread.

 

[WoolyLamb]

I saw a few tuxes at the thrift store yesterday and a few peak lapels. Anyone have Peak lapels here? I wonder if it would make me look wide in a bad way.

 

[smittycl]

Update: received this today:

"I found out from our product manager that the Tuxedo pants only come in regular rise, I measured and the rise is 11 inches."

So the fact that you can select from Regular, or Long rise on the product page means nothing....

Moving on. (sort of)

Here is why I am looking, going to an evening Summer wedding this year, and next (maybe two next year, one date is TBD) I have the midnight tux from Carrara, then i found a very nice SB Shawl Collar off white number (NWT) from Hickey Freeman at a price I could not pass up. So I thought I needed to find separate black tux trousers. Would the midnight stand out against the off white? or be fine?? Am I over thinking this?

Might be over thinking it a bit. Try it on and see what you think? I have no experience with midnight tux but your pics almost looked black. Might pair up swimmingly.

 

[smittycl]

I saw a few tuxes at the thrift store yesterday and a few peak lapels. Anyone have Peak lapels here? I wonder if it would make me look wide in a bad way.

If you are buying a tux definitely go with single breasted, one button peak lapel. Branch out from there once you’ve mastered that combo.

 

[smittycl]

Alright! Cherry blossoms and Latin Fusion on The Wharf. Went to Flora Flora which turns out to be inside a small, swanky hotel next to Gordon Ramsay’s new place. Not bad but very small menu and mostly ceviche. Nice when it’s hot out but a bit out of place on first days of Spring.

 

[hpreston]

Alright! Cherry blossoms and Latin Fusion on The Wharf. Went to Flora Flora which turns out to be inside a small, swanky hotel next to Gordon Ramsay’s new place. Not bad but very small menu and mostly ceviche. Nice when it’s hot out but a bit out of place on first days of Spring.

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Beautiful!

 

[WoolyLamb]

If you are buying a tux definitely go with single breasted, one button peak lapel. Branch out from there once you’ve mastered that combo.

Sorry i had too many thoughts in on paragraph. I saw Tuxes that I wasn’t looking for. I definitely single breasted.

The peak lapels was in reference to seeing any which I usually don't. I see lots on the forums here so I am curious what the draw is and is it really for specific body builds. I’m more a trapezoidal now and used to be more upside down triangle.

Im ready to start cooking paella and tapas again!

 

[Kangnamstyles]

Alright! Cherry blossoms and Latin Fusion on The Wharf. Went to Flora Flora which turns out to be inside a small, swanky hotel next to Gordon Ramsay’s new place. Not bad but very small menu and mostly ceviche. Nice when it’s hot out but a bit out of place on first days of Spring.

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Wow. Peak bloom reached or nah?

 

[WoolyLamb]

Wow. Peak bloom reached or nah?

I thought they were supposed to be peaking this week.

 

[gimpwiz]

Update: received this today:

"I found out from our product manager that the Tuxedo pants only come in regular rise, I measured and the rise is 11 inches."

So the fact that you can select from Regular, or Long rise on the product page means nothing....

Moving on. (sort of)

Here is why I am looking, going to an evening Summer wedding this year, and next (maybe two next year, one date is TBD) I have the midnight tux from Carrara, then i found a very nice SB Shawl Collar off white number (NWT) from Hickey Freeman at a price I could not pass up. So I thought I needed to find separate black tux trousers. Would the midnight stand out against the off white? or be fine?? Am I over thinking this?

Per the black tie thread: Midnight trousers are fine with ivory jacket.

The only problem is mixing black and midnight. They're close, but not quite close enough that right next to each other they'd pass as the same. (Obviously, otherwise why have midnight?) Black and midnight looks like you just made a mistake.

Midnight and ivory, though, will look the same as black and ivory, unless you're in good daylight. If you are in good daylight, if someone sees midnight instead of black and identifies it, they'll probably know you're fine

Sorry i had too many thoughts in on paragraph. I saw Tuxes that I wasn’t looking for. I definitely single breasted.

The peak lapels was in reference to seeing any which I usually don't. I see lots on the forums here so I am curious what the draw is and is it really for specific body builds. I’m more a trapezoidal now and used to be more upside down triangle.

Im ready to start cooking paella and tapas again!

Black tie has been done with notch lapels many a time, as in-period photos and illustrations show, from pretty much the first years of the popularity of the dinner jacket. But... a notch lapel just seems to be missing something, when you make it a dinner jacket. So the best options for most are the peak and shawl.

Ten years ago it seemed like rental places had a lot of notches, but (thankfully) that seems over now? Per people's accounts. Peaks are standard. Shawl is cool.

Why? Je ne sais quoi. Peaks have not just the formality, but the style and pizzazz matching the occasion. A nice strong peak, too. Shawls have their history in the smoking jacket, and have a cool look of being at home in the clothes, a different kind of cool. Shawl shape is hard to get right, though, and it seems much more personal what people like and appreciate.

I think generally shawls are said to be avoided by, pardon the bluntness, fat round men. One turns a round man into a circle. But beyond that, I don't see anything stopping you wearing one or the other, as long as they are well balanced to your body. A peak that's too weak or too large, or a peak with a gorge that's too low or too high, or a shawl that's too thin or too fat or has a weird shape, might look weird on you. A good peak won't, and a good shawl, may or may not.

 

[smittycl]

Wow. Peak bloom reached or nah?

Looks like over 90% at least. You can see a few buds yet to open in the close up pics. Rain the next three days apparently so they will come down fast.

 

[Kangnamstyles]

Looks like over 90% at least. You can see a few buds yet to open in the close up pics. Rain the next three days apparently so they will come down fast.

Aw man. Bummer about the rainy weather!

 

[smittycl]

Aw man. Bummer about the rainy weather!

Yeah, that's why wifey and I got out there yesterday.