On 2008-02-14 07:14:53 -0800, UC <uraniumcommittee@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
> What sort of ****rt and tie should be worn with a black double-breasted
> tux, to wear to the symphony, for instance? I have an ivory-colored
> wing-collar ****rt with a plain front, and bought both a black and
> ivory bow tie. I also bought a single-breasted tux. If the event is
> itself not a wedding, what do you wear with these?
Lose the ivory tie; a light tie is never worn except to very formal
"white tie" occasions which include a tail coat and white or grey
waistcoat.
Also lose any ****rt with ruffles or piping unless you are in a very
formal mariachi wedding band. Those guys wear rockin' clothes that the
rest of us can't get away with.
So we are stuck with the white pleated front starched like a board item.
Tux or "le smoking" as the French used to say is the "black tie" get-up
that one wears to the opera or out dancing or grand museum openings. If
you are young and adventurous you might try a red bow tie, but
generally it is black black black. Shoes must be plain and black unless
you spring for black gucci slip ons.
Thank god I gave my tux away about twenty years ago. I go to the SF
Opera in black pants, black cowboy boots black T****rt and Black Leather
Jacket; after all it is San Francisco and one must uphold
eccentricity!bg
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