tuxedo

     

The tuxeo is a man's dress suit of clothes in the semi-formal, black tie evening dress convention. A traditional tuxedo jacket is woolen and single-breasted. The jacket has peaked, shawl, notch, or trick lapels (which includes Mandarin and other non-conventional styles), traditionally covered with satin, and more modern styles are trimmed in grosgrain or wool. The buttons should be satin-covered. Trousers should be in the same wool as the jacket, with the side seams decorated in an inch-wide satin ribbon matching the lapel. The shirt is white with linked cuffs. The shirt may be pleated with a turn-down collar and French or barrel cuffs, or have a pique bib front with either a turn-down collar and French cuffs or a wing collar and barrel cuffs. Tradition dictates a black bow tie complementing the lapels, cummerbund or low-cut 3-button waistcoat, and patent leather Oxford shoes appropriately accessorize the tuxedo. More contemporary fashions often feature a full 5 or 6 button vest matching the color of one's partner's dress, with a matching bow tie or four-in-hand-knotted tie of the same color.

Trivia about tuxedo

  • At a formal wedding, this jacket worn by the groom may be a rental, an Oscar de la Rental
  • This type of formal clothing for men is named for a town in New York
  • On his 75th birthday, Paul Newman burned one of these outfits, saying he'd "had enough formality" in his life
  • This suit... well, it's formal & the cummerbund & bow tie that go with it do seem a bit much for 4th period math
  • Griswold Lorillard wore a short black coat with satin lapels to the Autumn Ball in this N.Y. town