People are once again feeling swellegant, and you know what that means: more BMWs, more formal events, more trying to spruce up your house like Martha Stewart. (Hey, even the best of times has a downside.) But let's talk formal for a minute. Saks Fifth Avenue tells us it's seen a big jump in tuxedo sales, as has that other style bellwether, Neiman Marcus. And according to the International Formalwear Association, more than half a billion dollars were spent on rentals last year. On rentals. Gentlemen, we are clearly puttin' on the ritz. But the question is, how ritzy are we? When did you last buy a tuxedo? Does it have lapels you could land a plane on? Does it still fit? And why is a man of your status and taste renting? It is time for an upgrade.
To help you in such an endeavor, the editors of Esquire--proper, elegant men practically from birth--have compiled a guide. Most of its advice is common sense. (You might even know it all already, in which case you should pass these pages on to a friend.) The operating principles of said guide: Keep it simple, keep it traditional. That means no alternative black tie. No band collars. No red socks. No Technicolor vests. A white shirt and a black bow tie will do nicely. And on occasion, you might try a long black necktie or a finely knit turtleneck. We like those more modern choices. They speak to the tuxedo's roots. In the beginning, black tie was a more casual outfit than a man's frock-coated, stiff-collared daytime uniform. And though that's not the case anymore, a good tuxedo needn't be a monkey suit, either.
Oh, and one final bit of advice. Don't rent. Ever. Rentals are never of the best quality, and, as you know from your business suits, a good fit (the determinant of how smart you look in any outfit) takes a skilled tailor. No store that leases pink clip-on bow ties has a skilled tailor. And there's one more problem with renting: You get someone else's clothes, and a man can't feel comfortable in someone else's clothes, especially when that someone else is probably a seventeen-year-old who last wore the getup on prom night. Do you have any idea what goes on in the pants of a seventeenth-year-old on prom night? Right. So buying it is. Here, then, everything you need to know before you slap down the plastic and take to the night in style.
John Weitz, fashion designer
LEGEND has it that the original dinner jacket, first worn by King Edward VII and his cronies, was a tailcoat with the tails simply snipped off. Maybe, maybe not. Another story goes that some other muckety-muck stood with his back too close to the fireplace and burned off the tails. Either way, the tuxedo has come far since the end of the nineteenth century. Instead of just the single-breasted peak lapel (the kind Griswold Lorriland made famous when he wore it instead of the prescribed tails to the Tuxedo Park Club in 1886), a man can nowadays choose from upwards of five styles, not to mention velvet smoking jackets (for at-home entertaining) and the slightly off-white warm-weather dinner jacket (which, by the way, you can wear with your regular tuxedo pants). The choice you make is largely a matter of personal taste--in other words, whatever would make a woman think you look tastier than the guy who brung her. Just keep it classic and of quality: A well-bought tuxedo should last ten years.
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