Tuxedo jacket with black jeans for cocktail setting: Yes or No?

[randomatom]

Usually, I subscribe more to the "study and start with the rules" camp, but I'm contemplating what what many of you might consider a mortal sin of semi-formal wear: breaking up a tuxedo and pairing with jeans. Here are the specifics:

Midnight blue shawl collar tuxedo jacket with no vents, jetted pockets and black satin lapel/buttons/pocket lining, bespoke.

White band/Henley collared shirt with French front (no placket). I think this is actually the piece that might pull it all together. Its lack of collar prohibits me from wearing a tie, and leaving the top two buttons undone will help dress down the jacket. This item is also bespoke.

Black jeans, slim fit.

Navy suede loafers from Zegna, to be worn with no-show socks.

I'm curious to hear feedback. The setting is my 35th birthday party at a somewhat nice bar in the evening. I should add that it's in San Francisco, where most men go to bars wearing Patagonia puffies or a hoodie. I don't want to be too over-the-top, but something about breaking a couple of rules appeals to me for this occasion.

 

[ThomGault]



I'm contemplating what what many of you might consider a mortal sin of semi-formal wear: breaking up a tuxedo and pairing with jeans. I don't want to be too over-the-top, but something about breaking a couple of rules appeals to me for this occasion.

So, would you label this outfit your 'birthday suit?'
I just don't understand the appeal of your idea, other than a desire to set not blend in. Actually, I'm wrong...you WOULD blend in with a couple of homeless guys I see on the corner each morning.

 

[Murlsquirl]

So, would you label this outfit your 'birthday suit?'
I just don't understand the appeal of your idea, other than a desire to set not blend in. Actually, I'm wrong...you WOULD blend in with a couple of homeless guys I see on the corner each morning.

Be nice, TG.

@randomatom , I have to agree with the basis of what TG said....no.

 

[ThomGault]



Be nice, TG.

@randomatom
, I have to agree with the basis of what TG said....no.

Maybe I could've worded it better, but I'm not exaggerating...I frequently pass a homeless guy who, almost every day, wears the same outfit of tux jacket and jeans.

 

[randomatom]

Be nice, TG.

@randomatom , I have to agree with the basis of what TG said....no.

Thanks guys - I appreciate the feedback. I'm going to pass on this misadventure and stick with something classic and unobjectionable.

 

[thesilentist]

I'm not going to be so negative. I say go for it and give it a try.

A long time ago my first tuxedo was trashed while I was in the highlands of Carmel Valley at a house party. I dropped my phone over a balcony and in the process of recovering it tore my tuxedo trousers beyond repair. I was left with a nice midnight navy shawl collar jacket. I started wearing it with a white shirt or black turtleneck and beat-up blue jeans and bit loafers.

I just feel like if it's your birthday then it's as good an excuse as any to wear something as ridiculous as the night you intend on having.

That said, I think a velvet jacket would be a better option than your bespoke tuxedo jacket.

 

[maxalex]

Context is everything, and for your own birthday party in a bar I say dress as you please. By contrast, a recent query in this forum wondered about the possibility of wearing a tux jacket and jeans to someone else's wedding--an appalling idea that fails utterly to grasp how attire is about other people's feelings (known as "manners" in an earlier, archaic age), not showing off.

(Scary thought: Is the tux-and-jeans look going viral? To which lunk-head in Hollywood do we owe the honor?)

For the record, I wouldn't wear half a tux if I had no legs. But it's your party.

 

[randomatom]

Context is everything, and for your own birthday party in a bar I say dress as you please. By contrast, a recent query in this forum wondered about the possibility of wearing a tux jacket and jeans to someone else's wedding--an appalling idea that fails utterly to grasp how attire is about other people's feelings (known as "manners" in an earlier, archaic age), not showing off.

(Scary thought: Is the tux-and-jeans look going viral? To which lunk-head in Hollywood do we owe the honor?)

For the record, I wouldn't wear half a tux if I had no legs. But it's your party.

Ha - love it: "For the record, I wouldn't wear half a tux if I had no legs. But it's your party."

In the end, I decided to against this idea. Thanks for the sanity check, everyone!