What is your query? Does it concern union labels/dating?Tooch said:So, what you're all saying is, I should have just let this thread fade away ...
My bad.
What is your query? Does it concern union labels/dating?Tooch said:So, what you're all saying is, I should have just let this thread fade away ...
My bad.
What is your query? Does it concern union labels/dating?
Nah, there's nothing wrong with Tux!Richard Warren said:"Tux" has to be one of the most unfortunate pseudo-words in the history of mankind.
Tooch said:I recently picked up a Bill Blass tuxedo that looks to be from the early to mid-'70s.
I know that Bill Blass Ltd. was created in 1970, and the single-button jacket has a union label from the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, which apparently merged with another union in 1976, and changed names. That's the basis for my shot-in-the-dark dating guess.
The tux has a Bill Blass label, the union label and a Saks Fifth Avenue label, but no label indicating materials used in its construction. Does anybody know when such labels became standard practice? It feels like good-quality material, though, and is fully lined.
The lapel threw me at first, but a little research suggests that it's a cran Necker or Parisian lapel -- more popular in Europe than in the U.S. It looks good to me, if for no other reason than that it's a little different. It's interesting -- to me, anyway -- that Blass adopted that French-style feature.
The jacket is tagged as a 40R (my size) but I'm glad I do my sit-ups, since the whole ensemble, top and bottom, is cut for somebody with a trim figure. If I need any encouragement to keep running, a desire to slip into this outfit without bulging anywhere is it.
The trousers fit perfectly -- no suspender buttons, and they're not needed. The jacket is a little tight in the shoulders, so I'll let my tailor have a go. There seems to be more than enough material to make a bit of room.
Anybody have any info that might help me out?
Tooch, My guess would be that your Tux is mid to late 70's even poss early 80's. ...
TT, you make it sound taudry.........Tailor Tom said:Bill Blass leased his name out to everything and everyone .
Lancealot said:I have been considering picking up a tuxedo for veriuos formal events. I tend to get invited to 2 or 3 through the year that I'd like to get a little more dressed up then a black suit. That got me to wondering who owns a tux and how often do you get to wear it?
Edward said:Charlie, nice outfit! That's the biggest gap in my black tie set... I have a thirties sb shawl collar jacket and trousers (I'd like the same again in a fifties cut) and a forties db jacket and trews, but what I really want is a thirties style sb with peak lapels, and a low gore waistcoat to go with it.
fftopic: What night was that you were at? The best one in the Brum area (nay, the UK!) is the CandyBox, though they're not so regular just now with Imelda May's solo career having (very deservedly) taken off (Al Palooka, half of the couple who run that night, is Imelda's bass player, and, of course, Imelda has always been the house singer). The Kiss Kiss Bang Bang nights over in Lichfield are grand too.
Charlie Huang said:This was me recently at a Burlesque do:
The DJ is vintage. The only alterations I had to do was to lengthen the sleeves and replace the buttons of the DJ, reface the waistcoat with silk grosgrain and let out the trousers. I am happy with it and will not need to search for a replacement again.
Tomasso said:TT, you make it sound taudry.........
Lancealot said:I have been considering picking up a tuxedo for veriuos formal events. I tend to get invited to 2 or 3 through the year that I'd like to get a little more dressed up then a black suit. That got me to wondering who owns a tux and how often do you get to wear it?
MisterCairo said:Nowadays I wear my military mess dress for formal occasions, but that tux (I still have it) more than made its cost back in not having to rent.
Charlie Huang said:
John in Covina said:I say that because a tux is also good for going out on the town with a young lady
John in Covina said:Owning a tux is a good idea for many if they have one or more formal events per year. I say that because a tux is also good for going out on the town with a young lady, for New Years Eve parties and as a last choice Halloween costume.
I went to a Halloween Party in my tux and had a facsimilie oversized prize check as the awards guy for publisher's clearing house. "Mr and Mrs jones! You just won!"