Black tie question :p

Well, i'm gonna try my luck at a proper bow tie! if not, I got the clip on, just in case :p hehe

as for pics, well, you girls have to wait till 3rd october :P thats when the event is, hehe.
 
Nelson said:
Don't bother to learn how to tie a bow tie. The winning formula is:

1) Pre-tied bow tie round you neck for the beginning of the evening
2) 'Proper' bow tie in the pocket
3) When the time of the eveing comes that you feel an untied bowtie draped about the neck is the right image, pop into the toilets and swap them over
;):D
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Great advice :)
 
You should really wear patent leather shoes with a dinner suit. Not easy to get hold of but they do look good. Bigger M & S stores had them a while back, Italian and only about £50
 
Just remembered, M & S also sell a proper bow tie that also clips together at the back, so you can make the bow around your leg or whatever, get it to look right then unclip it put it on and have the best of both worlds, easy to do & easy to to put on
 
If you want to look even more sauve a white/cream silk scarf under collar and lapels of the jacket looks good, helps you stand out that little bit more too, although i'm not sure how raucous fresher "balls" get so losing it could be a possibility.
 
bam0 said:
If you want to look even more sauve a white/cream silk scarf under collar and lapels of the jacket looks good, helps you stand out that little bit more too, although i'm not sure how raucous fresher "balls" get so losing it could be a possibility.
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Wouldnt that make you look kinda fruity?
 
lol i dont have a clue what my uni has planned for the 1st week, oh well, i just play these things by ear, ive got some nice shirts kicking about, but ive never been a fan of ties :o
 
Sudden said:
My uni fresher's week thing has a Fresher's Finale thing which says Dress Code: Black Tie. Now I googled it etc. to see wht exactly it involves, and the internet says Tuxedo, white shirt and black bow tie. My parents though, say that a suit is ok instead of a tuxedo. (suit I have, tuxedo I don't, so would have to go and buy one if I need it)

Everyone here whose been to uni and events like this, what are your experiences? Tuxedo needed?

Also, what are some places to get a nice one from? Marks & Spencers?
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Is it a formal or a ball? Usually for a formal a suit is fine, but balls usually have a black tie dress code of dinner jacket/bow tie.
 
It's a uni ball, so everybody is going to be pretty sloshed by the end of it. I normally just go for borrowing my dads dinner jacket and trowsers, and wear a normal white shirt with a black bow tie. It's always been fine to wear a suit at the 5 or 6 Uni balls I have been to in the past couple of years, you wont look out of place, as a lot of people out there aren't going to have brought the right stuff with them. I'd say about 20% of the people I've seen at black tie evens have worn just a nice suit + tie.
 
Funnily enough, one of the other events, the Fresher's Ball doesn't sepcify a dress code, but this finale does as "Black Tie".

Already went and bought the tux etc. yesterday since it seemed like most peopel were saying a tux was needed (here + school friends). I thought I might borrow from my dad if he had one, but turns out he doesn't (tuxedo's aren't really a big thing in India, suits are fine). For the shoes, I do have a few pairs of leather shoe's which just need a bit of polish :) The silk scarf I think might be a bit much :p

My dad was saying the same thing as you Davey, that not everyone, especially the other internationals would have the stuff with them, but I wasn't quite so sure and didn't really want to look out of place as one of the only guy's who wasn't wearing one :p

As for pics, you'l just have to wait until october 3rd :p the night of the event!
 
SiD the Turtle said:
What's the difference? :confused:
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The same difference as there is between color and colour.

To some people there's no difference. To others there's all the difference in the world.....
 
W!ll said:
Damnit people, in England it's not a Tux or a Tuxedo. It's a Dinner Suit.
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Argh!! It's not a dinner suit either! It's a Dinner Jacket!! This is the name of the jacket and the trousers together, it is NEVER called a dinner suit! This has only come into fashion because uneducated people were confused as to how a DInner Jacket could include trousers.
 
qwerty said:
Argh!! It's not a dinner suit either! It's a Dinner Jacket!! This is the name of the jacket and the trousers together, it is NEVER called a dinner suit! This has only come into fashion because uneducated people were confused as to how a DInner Jacket could include trousers.
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Point taken, but atleast it's not being called a Tuxedo.

Got myself a dinner jacket for a trip to a very large and nice hotel, set me back around £170.
 
Moss Bros is great if you get an ex-rental deal. They only rent out their DJs 3 or 4 times then sell them on so they're in pretty good nick.
 
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