Dinner jacket question

[Alon]

What do you gentlemen make of the double breasted dinner jacket (tuxedo)? How does it compare to the single breasted style? Is it merely a matter of personal preference?

 

[Miss 1929]

Visit this thread:

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=7058

Where all will be made clear...

 

[Bird's One View]

As long as it has four buttons (peak) or two (shawl) it's fine.

 

[Alon]

That post on formal wear is marvelous! I have the opportunity of buying a double breasted for quite cheap but my own preference is for the single breasted.

Thank you!

Bird's One View, I believe the jacket has 6 buttons!

 

[Mike in Seattle]

That post on formal wear is marvelous! I have the opportunity of buying a double breasted for quite cheap but my own preference is for the single breasted.

Thank you!

Bird's One View, I believe the jacket has 6 buttons!

It's only cheap and a good deal if it's what you want and you're going to wear it. Hold out for what you really want!

 

[Tomasso]

It's only cheap and a good deal if it's what you want and you're going to wear it.

True, the most expensive items to own are those that go unused. As for DJ's, I would get a one button SB peak lapel before adding a DB or Shawl.

 

[Josephine]

Don't forget our own Midnight Blue's site: The Black Tie Guide

::hearts Guide::

 

[Feraud]

Don't forget this thread -
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=22879&highlight=tuxedo

 

[Alon]

Thanks, guys! All those links were extremely helpful!

By cheap I mean $20 cheap, hence my consideration.

 

[Feraud]

Is it a vintage db?

 

[dhermann1]

Double breasted is the most casual/least formal type of formal wear, but in many ways I thinks it's the coolest, and most "vintagey". I always felt like George Raft in my old one.

 

[Josephine]

One thing about DB, you won't need a vest or cummerbund. So if you're on a budget, that helps.