curmudgeon

july, my buttonhole works, and my sleeve buttons do not. O.K. Your turn, Why all the questions? I'm assuming something to do with prom, but why all the specifics?

julyinoh

I might have one made, and I'm just kind of curious anyways.

How about vents? I've seen a lot of nonvented tuxes lately, whereas a lot of the suits are vented..

Sorry I'm being so specific =) It's that pursuit of knowledge thing..

ldmom06

No vents for younger guys I believe. I think it's a more up to date look. (And double vents look like something a British banker would wear imho.)

thumper1

I'll add one more thing..fabric. DS has three tuxes. One is wool, one is a wool/poly blend, and one is poly. He wears the wool jacket (which is the nicest one of the lot...bought at Goodwill...whole JosA Bank tux for $25 and fit him like it was tailored for him) and the poly pants. The wool pants simply itch too much. The wool, however, does hang the best of all the jackets and if you can stand the itch of the wool, looks the best of the slacks too. DS has several bowties...both the kind you tie yourself (get silk) and the already tied ones (doesn't matter what those are made of). We also have a top hat and cane.

binx

We bought S2's first tuxedo when he was in 9th grade, and he needed it for school band. He wore it for concerts for school band, school orchestra, two youth orchestras, 3 proms, (and his brother borrowed it for 1), several solo appearances, multiple gigs, summer pit orchestra for a musical theater program, and 3 years of various college performances.

In college he was required to also own tails - different performances require different tuxes. He also had to buy patent leather shoes to wear with the tails. He wears regular black shoes with the other.

We paid $117 for the first tux, with adjustable waist-band - nearly 7 years ago. I think we've gotten our money's worth.

dke

My father taught me that the proper terminology for it is "dinner jacket" not tuxedo.

julyinoh

For the cutaway thing... I'm talking just a normal tuxedo.

ldmom06

I think the English use the term 'dinner jacket' exclusively. "Tux" seems like an American thing.