The Official-ish DC Thread

[scurvyfreedman]

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.

I have a Hickey Freeman MTO w peak lapels. I would never wear a dinner suit unless it had peak lapels or a shawl lapel. Notch lapels are not proper. If the lapels are proportional to the jacket, you will not look strange.

I also have two double breasted suits with peak lapels (2nd hand Chittleborough & Morgan). They have strong shoulders as well as the peak lapels. They don't make me look wide, because they fit so well. I think the key to not looking wide is having shoulders that fit and a nipped waist.

 

[WoolyLamb]

I think the key to not looking wide is having shoulders that fit and a nipped waist.

Which is why I eat with more moderation than I did in my younger days.

 

[anaxagoras]

Anyone have Peak lapels here? I wonder if it would make me look wide in a bad way.

This. Tailor thought that lapels should be narrower, and he was probably right.
Haven’t had a chance to wear it in DC yet unfortunately.

 

[scurvyfreedman]

I will say the notion that only so and so can pull off a look simply because it's so and so of is one of my biggest bugaboos with the #menswear crowd.
It looks fine (big fan of Anthology's stuff, on the whole), and it would look better as a peak/shawl lapel...and with jetted pockets.
The same holds true for anybody wearing a notch lapel tux, assuming the fit is decent.

Completely agree. I don't even know who he is. Maybe that's a reflection on me, but if he's English, he definitely should know the rules about black tie.

 

[hpreston]

This. Tailor thought that lapels should be narrower, and he was probably right.
Haven’t had a chance to wear it in DC yet unfortunately.

Lapels look great, and the right proportion to my eyes. I would not change them.

 

[anaxagoras]

Lapels look great, and the right proportion to my eyes. I would not change them.

You are too kind! Because of course it’s the only thing I see when I put it on. ;-)

 

[jonathanS]

I think generally shawls are said to be avoided by, pardon the bluntness, fat round men. One turns a round man into a circle

I guess this is music to my ears since I have a shawl lapel tuxedo & people seem to like it! Haha.

But in all seriousness, I don’t care what anyways says. Tuxedos are peak or shawl lapel. No notch!

Im even okay with double vented tuxedos, but no notch! Looks like a rental tuxedo (not a good look).

 

[smittycl]

Turned into a great day!

 

[Kangnamstyles]

Turned into a great day!

Wife was able to go and enjoy it today. If the rain tomorrow doesn't do too much damage, hope to go on Saturday. Or I'll just goto Meadowlark next week.

 

[gimpwiz]

I guess this is music to my ears since I have a shawl lapel tuxedo & people seem to like it! Haha.

But in all seriousness, I don’t care what anyways says. Tuxedos are peak or shawl lapel. No notch!

Im even okay with double vented tuxedos, but no notch! Looks like a rental tuxedo (not a good look).

Ironically, I think the rental shops are doing peaks now. The ex-rental tuxes that end up on ebay are peaks, and people reporting their black tie events say that almost everyone wears a jacket with a peak lapel. So, hurrah, they fixed it. I think there was probably a trend in the mid 2000s to 2010s to do notches, potentially as a black-jacket-turned-tux cost savings method.

 

[scurvyfreedman]

I guess this is music to my ears since I have a shawl lapel tuxedo & people seem to like it! Haha.

But in all seriousness, I don’t care what anyways says. Tuxedos are peak or shawl lapel. No notch!

Im even okay with double vented tuxedos, but no notch! Looks like a rental tuxedo (not a good look).

Auric Goldfinger, a circle? He wore a shawl lapel on his dinner suit, but also on a country suit.

 

[TheSuitBurnsBetter]

This. Tailor thought that lapels should be narrower, and he was probably right.
Haven’t had a chance to wear it in DC yet unfortunately.

Width of those lapels looks great but where's your cummerbund?

 

[anaxagoras]

Width of those lapels looks great but where's your cummerbund?

Ouch. I worry that would be a long story and I’m not sure I would know what I was talking about. (There is a vest, not worn here, but no cummerbund.)

 

[WoolyLamb]

So I asked the wifey about how she felt regarding double breasted jackets. Solid Hell No no matter how nice or cheaply found. That certainly makes it easier.

 

[smittycl]

So I asked the wifey about how she felt regarding double breasted jackets. Solid Hell No no matter how nice or cheaply found. That certainly makes it easier.

She likely has no experience wearing them herself or seeing you in them. Get her a pea coat. I bet she'll love it.

I got my wife a nice pea coat from Guideboat that's no longer listed. Just looked and prices are now rock bottom as they are apparently going out of business. They actually make decent stuff for the most part.

Guideboat Co.

The Guideboat Co.

www.guideboat.com