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  1. I

    Vintage evening waistcoats for white tie in London

    I’ve a ball this summer, and have been looking for white tie. I’m rather small (approximately 26–8 in waist unless I have a porterhouse or something to myself) which poses something of a difficulty. So far, I’ve found a coat and even trousers of sufficiently high rise; I’ve a bow tie for subfusc...
  2. Carl Thomas Trotter

    White Tie to Prom Take Two

    (Firstly, the title says 'Take Two' because I understand there is already a discussion on wearing White Tie to prom and I'd love to have the insight of the experienced gentlemen here on the FedoraLounge). My school's Christmas Dance is in December 2021, 79 days Time (with the Prom following in...
  3. Markus Rasmussen

    White tie tailor made in 1953.

    I wanted to share something with you fine people in here. A few weeks ago I found this in a thriftstore. It is made by Alfred Alm, probably the finest men's tailor in Copenhagen in the 20th century (late 1920's to 1990) with the royalty, nobility and captains of industry as his clients. It was...
  4. Awesomest Guy

    Is a black waistcoat acceptable with White Tie?

    I'm probably never actually going to NEED to know, but I'm curious as to whether or not a classic black evening waistcoat would be considered permissible with Full Evening Dress/White Tie. I heard somewhere that it was allowed in the Victorian era, but that it went out of fashion after 1901.

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