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Black Tie 🤵, Tuxedo Shirts, Do's and Don'ts, And More – Q&A 26 | Kirby Allison
In this video, Kirby Allison replies to several of the questions and comments asked by our YouTube Audience with a theme of Black Tie. We love hearing back from our customers and audience and shortly after this video airs, we will attempt to reach out to all commenters featured in this video…
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I'm just not a fan of fully satin lapels. I prefer some satin on the lapel like an accenting stripe of it. I do require a peak collar however.
If i had a vintage tux I'd totally wear it, regardless of what anyone thinks. Now I'm going to have to keep an eye out for one! My primary black tie events are campaign dinners and playing with the local orchestra, so not very snooty
Pleated front shirt from me.
i may come off as a snob but i firmly believe a black tie outfit should always include opera pumps and no other type of shoe for me its the best shoe for that, also dont get me started on rubber soles, oh dear… im proud to say that none of my shoes have rubber soles in fact formal shoes with those tractor type thick soles should be a crime against humanity haha,
PS: i would like to disagree with you on the ruffled shirts, if tailored right (not the polyester ones that are usually sold online) are really nice some times cheerio Kirby
Sir, would wearing a plain black dinner/tuxedo for a wedding be appropriate? Fall wedding, evening. I don’t want to be over dressed. Thanks
Hi Kirby, I am doing my first bespoke black tie, I am confusing about how many button should be on the jacket's sleeve cuff. I say there are one and there are four
What if I reverse the colors of my tuxedo? jacket, dress pants, waistcoat, and bowtie all in ivory color matched with inner pleated shirt, pocket square, and patented leather shoes all in black.
of course I will wear this at a formal lunch party instead of dinner.
This guy filming the episode while pretending to sift through the Titanic’s paper records
shoes laces, how exciting!!!
For Black Tie Shirts: Monogram or No Monogram?
@ Kirby Allison what brand of Tuxedo are you wearing? I really like the jacket and peak lapels. Very sharp!
I disagree with the shirt and shoes.
Millennials are changing the rules with this.
Shirts, I have seen linen pleated in Australia in all colors that look amazing and hip.
Shoes, I have seen tennis shoes that are dressed up with patent leather that also look very techy.
Pleated shirts with studs is the perfect shirt anything else is much more common ,just not as sophisticated ,glamorous on a Cunard cruise on formal night ,just love it.
I see my DJ as partay clothes. M.
What should one wear for afternoon tea? M.
Hi Kirby
Just a quick question on wearing military medals on my dinner jacket, is it the done thing to do or not ?
Regards
R R
I love the tuxedolook, a lot. I 've never in my live been invited to a party that requires one though. If you like me and on a budget, I would just buy a simple 100% cotton semi-spread french cuff white shirt without studs or pleats and the front buttons hidden away. It will also double as a white shirt to wear with a necktie with your navy business suit.
But if money is no issue and you get inveted for black tie parties more often, I would go for wing-tips, studs and pleats, I do like the glam of that style.
Hi Kirby, can you tell me if this is a Tuxedo shirt? It has a placket button and French cuff, but it has a pattern. Please click the link below. https://poshmark.com/listing/Eton-white-patterned-dress-shirt-606de8e3284e9958b6317c07
For all the morons that will obey those retarded rules, you deserve it LOL 😀😀😀
No brogueing? I just got a pair of AE Vernons in black which are adelaides which is about as close as I can afford to whole-cuts. Not exactly brogued, there are two subtle rows of perforations that delineate a toe "cap". I just love the contour of the last they're built on, they slightly suggest a spade sole.
I love bigger bow ties. It gives me more of a rock n' roll feeling, I don't know why. Maybe everyone else wears regular size so I feel like a rebel. Larger bow ties just don't look as nerdy.
I wonder if you can stick a bow tie to your dress shoes? 🤩
I think the person asking if Dinner Jackets were acceptable is referring to odd dinner jackets, a classic example would be the ivory (as in the colour) dinner jacket.
For me dinner jacket means offwhite jacket or velvet jacket. It is also black tie, the same formality as tuxedo.
Is it still appropriate to wear stiff fronted dress shirts?
Can I wear a pleated shirt with suspenders??
I like to wear a traditional boiled front (smooth cotton, not Marcella) shirt as would have been traditionally worn with black and white tie prior to the 1930s. You'd be surprised how comfortable they really are despite the reputation for discomfort and I find that you can actually pull off quite a contemporary look with one. Either a stiff turndown or stiff wing collar can be attached and nothing quite beats the completely stiff, flat bosom that these shirts achieve. Before that, I used to wear a Marcella bibbed shirt with studs and a turndown collar – the standard here in Britain.
Regards, Burn-A-Briar
I particularly favour the style of black tie. Would it be disrespectful or offputting if I wear it more regularly and outside black tie events?