Evening attire question

[SlackerDrummer]

Just add "build a 3-button, bias-cut tartan vest" to your list.

Go with a black bow tie and whichever tuxedo shirt suits your fancy. I now prefer the straight collar, but I own the wing collar, so that's what I wear.

And braid that ponytail.

[Chas]

The PC is black tie equivalent. If there are going to be lots of PCs at the event then there should be lots of black bow ties.

If it were me, I would wear the winged collar shirt and a hand tied black bow tie. I would be willing to bet that most of the PCs will be wearing pre-tied, elasticated bow ties. If you don't know how you have nine months to learn how to tie a bow tie. At the event, your hand tied will always trump a pre-tied.

Regards

Chas

[Chas]

I have just re-read some of the posts and noticed that cravats and stocks are mentioned.

In the UK, today, both are seen as a daytime and/or outdoor dress.

The stock is for daywear, out and about in the country - hunting (with horses), shooting or fishing. Active pursuits. A degree of sweatiness might be involved.

The cravat is again daywear for games - tennis, crochet, cricket. And again sweatiness is involved.

Both give a certain amount of freedom round the neck, while maintaining a smartness.

Come the evening a man would wash, put on a fresh shirt and a tie, because the only activity he would be involved in is dancing effortlessly round the room with a beautiful woman in his arms.

Regards

Chas

[David Thorpe]

If it were me, I would wear the winged collar shirt and a hand tied black bow tie. I would be willing to bet that most of the PCs will be wearing pre-tied, elasticated bow ties. If you don't know how you have nine months to learn how to tie a bow tie. At the event, your hand tied will always trump a pre-tied.

Yes, I can tie a bow tie and, like you, much prefer tied versus prefab. I can even go one better in this case. There is enough donor trouser material from the conversion project to sew one matching the jacket and vest.

[David Thorpe]

Just add "build a 3-button, bias-cut tartan vest" to your list.

Not to my taste, at all.

And braid that ponytail.

That, I can do. Well, my bride does a fine job of it.

[Fedgunner]

And braid that ponytail.

If your hair is long enough to braid, you might like the look of "clubbing" it.

Simply braid it in the fashion you like, double it back underneath, use a black hair tie to secure it. To finish it off for the evening, use black ribbon where the braid starts, another an inch or two from the end, and should it need it, a third ribbon bow in the middle.

Before my most recent hair cut, this was my preferred style for anything above casual. I used it for SAMS and any time I wore my argyle.