The State of Black Tie: Your Observations

[The Chai]

Or linen, if you want wide pleats or a bib from a more conventional cotton.

Ditto, I have many linen shirts I use for formal events. I prefer them over regular cotton...cotton be boring...

 

[Concordia]

Boring can be a good thing. But linen handles humidity much, much better.

 

[The Chai]

Boring can be a good thing. But linen handles humidity much, much better.

Yes. IIR the first dinner shirts were made with linen

 

[Andy57]

Boring can be a good thing. But linen handles humidity much, much better.

That's an interesting point. I'm going on a cruise to Cuba in six months. I'm certainly taking my voile dress shirt, but was also going to take my more boring poplin/marcella shirts, too. I'm going to be in London soon and one of my errands is to stop by Emma Willis, this time to talk linen shirts. I think I'll ask them about a linen dress shirt.

Meanwhile, this was last night:

 

[Concordia]

I have two in my academic arsenal: an all-linen with French fly and cocktail cuffs from Ascot Chang, for the more casual DB days, and a semi-stiff Marcella one (bib, cuffs, collar) with a linen body from Budd. That one will get its debut on Thursday night, assuming it isn't too warm to wear the SB dinner suit. And if it does turn out to be warm inside at the Uproar, the linen will make it more tolerable.

A 1" pleat in linen could be very useful with white jacket/cummerbund.

 

[Andy57]

A 1" pleat in linen could be very useful with white jacket/cummerbund.

I'm liking that idea.

 

[The Chai]

Don’t mind me. I’m just adverse to the color white in anything but linen, silk or a cotton fresco weave for a shirt. Like white poplin scares me. That said I wished they made linen oxfords though that sounds like an oxymoron.

 

[Concordia]

That said I wished they made linen oxfords though that sounds like an oxymoron.

http://bonfantitessuti.com/categoria-prodotto/cotonelino/

 

[Andy57]

View attachment 1168884 Just got back from meeting with Joe Hemrajani of MyTailor. Wound up commissioning a cream dinner jacket in a wonderful Silk/Cashmere fabric from Loro Piana. Went with self-facing peak lapels. I had really thought to do shawl on this one, but Joe talked me into the peak.

Very excited to get this back in a few weeks and see how it turns out.

I got my jacket made up in the cream Proposte Giacche "Summer" fabric. I'll post pictures over in the Hemrajani thread, as it's not a dinner jacket. But, it's a gorgeous jacket and I'm very pleased with it. I wore it for the first time yesterday.

 

[Mark from Plano]

I got my jacket made up in the cream Proposte Giacche "Summer" fabric. I'll post pictures over in the Hemrajani thread, as it's not a dinner jacket. But, it's a gorgeous jacket and I'm very pleased with it. I wore it for the first time yesterday.

Looking forward to seeing it. Mine’s still 3-4 weeks away I suspect.

 

[dazedstate]

So I got a stupid good deal on a midnight blue tux jacket that fits perfectly from Jay Kos

https://www.ebay.com/itm/NWOT-Jay-k...978899?hash=item23bcf43f13:g:QBAAAOSwI0tc4DSE

How hard would it be to find trousers that matched? Fools errand? I'm leaning towards returning. don't know what I was thinking

 

[Concordia]

Borrow from those old Esquire pics-- get white trs and wear it as a summer black-tie rig.

 

[dazedstate]

Borrow from those old Esquire pics-- get white trs and wear it as a summer black-tie rig.

Good suggestion. Probably not trying to stand out that much though

 

[Concordia]

Save it for the beach club or cruise to the islands.

 

[norMD]

So I got a stupid good deal on a midnight blue tux jacket that fits perfectly from Jay Kos

https://www.ebay.com/itm/NWOT-Jay-k...978899?hash=item23bcf43f13:g:QBAAAOSwI0tc4DSE

How hard would it be to find trousers that matched? Fools errand? I'm leaning towards returning. don't know what I was thinking

In my eyes it is also possible to wear a midnight blue jacket with black pants. Not the most formal combination, but if you attende enough of black tie events it can give you some variation.

Edit: any fabric code on the tag?