The Question: “What color tuxedo should I wear to prom? My vest color is going to be lavender, but I don’t have any idea what color tuxedo and shirt I should wear.” – Raymond The Answer: I’m glad you asked. Black is the classic standard and you won’t go wrong with it, but traditionally black [...]
This year Flow Formalwear teamed up with Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino from reality TV series ‘The Jersey Shore’ to manufacture the “Situation” line of tuxedos, available to rent this spring. Earlier in 2012 we reviewed the Situation Black ‘Avalon’ Tuxedo, but today we’re taking a look at another sure-fire Situation hit, the Situation Black ‘Asbury’ [...]
The Question: “Does my tuxedo have to match my date’s prom dress? And should I ask her about a corsage, or is she expecting it?” – Nigel The Answer: Part I: To match or not to match? There is only one right answer this question. The problem is, only one person knows that answer: your [...]
The folks over at the Art of Manliness have written a great article all about how a young man should prepare for his prom. The entire thing is wonderful and worth a read, but we especially want you to check out the bit by Antonio Centeno from Real Men Real Style about renting or buying a tuxedo for [...]
It’s that time of year again! 2011 Prom Season was a great success! Now with even more styles to choose from and public interest in formal wear trending upward, 2012 promises to be even better! Spring is just now stretching its warm and welcoming arms and 2012 Prom Season is charging our way like a [...]
Step #1: Look at Pictures of George Clooney While strolling through the world wide web looking for any and all things formal with which to inform, educate, and entertain you, we found this perfectly direct and simple post on getkempt.com. The post is entitled: 21 Pictures of George Clooney in a Tuxedo True to its [...]
If you’re like most folks (and me) you understand that the members of most symphony orchestras routinely dress in either Black Tie tuxedos or White Tie tailcoats, but you’ve never stopped to wonder why. As large a role as tuxedos and tailcoats play in my everyday life, the fact that I’ve never before questioned this [...]
Much of Mad Men’s success is due to its depiction of late 1950s / early 1960s middle-class lifestyle, a period one writer described as “the last time hip was adult — suits, ties, and tuxedos were hip, and so was the Chivas-Regal-good-life advice of Playboy magazine.” The era’s unique confluence of traditional adult [...]
With tuxedos and dapper gents in no short supply, a wide variety of formal styles recently got to share the limelight with one another at the 2011 Emmy’s Award Ceremony. As per usual, millions of people tuned in to see their favorite fictional television characters shed their trademark fictional selves and gussy up in the [...]
“Tuxedos don’t go out of style; tuxedos are style.” “The suit has no more replaced the tuxedo than the word guy has replaced the word sir.” – Glenn O’Brien, Writer for GQ Magazine The above quotations were too good not to open with. We are committed to keeping you up to date on all things [...]
