Peak Lapel Dinner Suit
The dinner suit also know as Tuxedos is one of the most interesting kinds of formal evening wear; it isn’t as stiff and rigid as the white tie events and it isn’t as comfortable as the morning or day suit. It was at its peak of ingenuity between the years of 1930 and 1940. This is wear the crafting of what we call Black Tie wear comes from. They took all the etiquette rules they had at the time and took comfort and class to a whole new level.
Lets look at all the components that go into a Dinner suit or as some people would call it a Black Tie event. This event could be anything from a cocktail party to a formal dinner to a regular party. But it is important to remember never to have or wear your black tie suit before 6pm (hence the term evening wear). That is considered very poor etiquette and is frowned upon in most circles. The pieces of what makes a dinner suit will be listed below.
Fabric colors – The term black tie is a bit of a give-away. Black is the traditional color, black stands out especially with the shirt and bow tie. Although black is the tradition midnight blue is considered the classic. Midnight blue was introduced during the 1930s because the color is able to keep its richness whereas black can seem to fade especially in old suits where the cloth can fade and has a grayish shade especially in parties that start before sunset. In addition black seems rather dull and boring. Today it is rather difficult to find midnight blue dinner suits in off the peg or ready to wear therefore made to measure or bespoke is your best option.
I was watching the first televised prime ministerial debate the other day. Due to the fact that this is the first in the UK Election history it is no wonder that there is so much debates about who came out on top in terms of best and worse policy.
For me, not being too political, here you have 3 men in 3 fitted suits, let’s analyse their styles and find the best fitted suit.
David Cameron went for the typical Tory old boy look, blue tie with the Dark blue suit. David Cameron suit costs £3,500 by Richard Anderson of Savile Row. David has started to wear Savile Row suits since late 2009 (before then it was off-the-peg). When news first broke out about his newly fitted suit he was quite embarrassed about it (quoted by the Telegraph) because at the time the Conservative Spin doctors were getting acres of coverage’s about his Wife Samantha Cameron wearing a £65 dress from Marks and Spencers. This did not bode too well for Mr Cameron as his wife is seen as down to earth and in touch with the working people whereas he is donning around in a £3.5k suit.
Clegg(gold), Cameron(blue), Brown(Pink)
