What would you wear?

[Veronica Parra]

since those on the other side of the sartorial fence aren't playing by these rules, why should we?

Why should we? Rudyard Kipling answered it best: we must keep our heads while all about us are losing theirs.

 

[Jack Scorpion]

I'm sorry, but as much as I am into classic fashion and dressing nicely for nice occasions...

Tuxedos look silly.

 

[John in Covina]

Silly tuxedo!

Crummy tuxedoes may look silly (think the powder blue ruffles 70's look) but a well fitted tux is superb. Most men will not look better than in a good tux.

 

[melankomas]

... (think the powder blue ruffles 70's look) ...

i respectfully decline to think any such thing, sir.

 

[Hemingway Jones]

These fellows look silly?

I'm sorry, but as much as I am into classic fashion and dressing nicely for nice occasions...

Tuxedos look silly.

 

[Daisy Buchanan]

I'm sorry, but as much as I am into classic fashion and dressing nicely for nice occasions...

Tuxedos look silly.

I must beg to differ. I think that their is nothing more handsome than a man in a beautiful, well fitted tux. I have seen men who I thought weren't attractive at all don a tux and look like they just walked out of a photo shoot for a high end fashion mag (Classic Style, for example). They can turn the average man into a dynamo of class and looks. Single men, a tux might just be your best friend if you're in the market for a lady. We also love men in suits, just to let you know.
Above pictures are proof, oohh, those are some fine looking men.

 

[melankomas]

well met, Mr. Jones!

i will say that a man who is not comfortable in his tuxedo, not confident, and thinks he himself looks silly, is likely to actually look silly. i imagine this is true of any clothing.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Absolutely. A tuxedo isn't just a suit of clothes, it's an *attitude.* And if you don't have that attitude, that confidence, that sense of savoir-faire, it doesn't matter how spiffy the tux is -- you're just a guy in a penguin suit. But if you *do* have that sense of how to carry off the look, well now....

 

[Feraud]

Single men, a tux might just be your best friend if you're in the market for a lady. We also love men in suits, just to let you know.

All right fellas, you are hearing it from a great lady herself! Now get yourself outfitted correctly and set the world on fire.

 

[Nathan Flowers]

All right fellas, you are hearing it from a great lady herself! Now get yourself outfitted correctly and set the world on fire.

We're hearing it from TWO great ladies

Absolutely. A tuxedo isn't just a suit of clothes, it's an *attitude.* And if you don't have that attitude, that confidence, that sense of savoir-faire, it doesn't matter how spiffy the tux is -- you're just a guy in a penguin suit. But if you *do* have that sense of how to carry off the look, well now....

 

[Feraud]

We're hearing it from TWO great ladies

Absolutely! Excuse my bad math.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I must say that i don't think much of tuxedos either. I really dislike the shinyness of the lapels (i also avoid sharkskins, mohairs etc because they have a tendency to be too shiny). I wear one when i have to, but i would never choose a tux over a suit when the dress is optional.

And, HJ, i'd say Connery looked TERRIBLE in the shawl collar tux. Notch and peak lapel worked much better for him. And i've never liked Bogart's Casablanca jacket . . .

bk

 

[Jack Scorpion]

I must beg to differ. I think that their is nothing more handsome than a man in a beautiful, well fitted tux. I have seen men who I thought weren't attractive at all don a tux and look like they just walked out of a photo shoot for a high end fashion mag (Classic Style, for example). They can turn the average man into a dynamo of class and looks. Single men, a tux might just be your best friend if you're in the market for a lady. We also love men in suits, just to let you know.
Above pictures are proof, oohh, those are some fine looking men.

Suits look great. No argument there. I'll take that route.

 

[Tomasso]

I must say that i don't think much of tuxedos either. I really dislike the shinyness of the lapels

Try grosgrain, its matte finish is much more subdued than satin.

 

[Quigley Brown]

I must beg to differ. I think that their is nothing more handsome than a man in a beautiful, well fitted tux. I have seen men who I thought weren't attractive at all don a tux and look like they just walked out of a photo shoot for a high end fashion mag (Classic Style, for example). They can turn the average man into a dynamo of class and looks. Single men, a tux might just be your best friend if you're in the market for a lady. We also love men in suits, just to let you know.
Above pictures are proof, oohh, those are some fine looking men.

So when he changes back into his regular clothes Mr. Average won't be attractive to you anymore.[huh]

 

[Mike in Seattle]

So when he changes back into his regular clothes Mr. Average won't be attractive to you anymore.[huh]

Exactly...when they come home after the Ball and they're sitting around in khakis, suspenders, athletic shirt / tanktop/ "wifebeater" / whatever you want to call it - drinking beer out of a bottle, eating potato chips and watching...hmmm...the WWF, what happens then?

I know, I know - the "wifebeater" & suspenders string had it pretty much up in the air as to hot or not hot.

 

[BegintheBeguine]

Awaken to a rude disillusionment

Come home after the wedding....you can see into my house!??!! lol

 

[Hemingway Jones]

And, HJ, i'd say Connery looked TERRIBLE in the shawl collar tux. Notch and peak lapel worked much better for him. And i've never liked Bogart's Casablanca jacket . . .

bk

Each person is the foremost authority on their own opinion.

 

[Daisy Buchanan]

So when he changes back into his regular clothes Mr. Average won't be attractive to you anymore.[huh]

Well if his regular clothes are clothes that I pick out for him he might not be so bad on the eyes!

 

[Daisy Buchanan]

All right fellas, you are hearing it from a great lady herself! Now get yourself outfitted correctly and set the world on fire.

Why thanks Feraud for the compliment!!!