5 Essential Tips for Planning Your Evening Wear Wardrobe

With awards events, black tie Christmas parties and weddings it is important to understand what Evening Wear is required when the invite says “Black Tie”.

The Tuxedo Basics

Essentially all you need are black trousers, a white shirt, a jacket with satin lapels and a bow tie but there’s way more choice to be had to look like James Bond for the evening.

Elevate

For black tie, it is all about elevating the basics. Small upgrades in all elements of your outfit will make all the difference. Hand tie your bow tie. Look for different lapel shapes, such as notched, shawl and peaked. Upgrade the quality of your shirt, have pleats, coloured or stud buttons, wing instead of a classic collar, double cuff with cufflinks for a little bling and personality.

Extra Details: to wear a waistcoat or a cummerbund? The benefit of wearing either item is when you take your jacket off sometime during the evening, you still look formal and smart. Cummerbunds are coming back into fashion and are a great way to play with texture, highlighting the satin in your outfit.

Velvet dinner jackets in an array of colours really make you the centre of attention.

Accessorise your heart out

Braces, pocket watches, tassel silk scarves, patterned bow ties and pocket squares.

Be event appropriate. If you are the groom and you want to look and feel special on your wedding day have as many extra details as you need. If you were a guest of an awards event, probably best to keep it elegant and simple.

Chimney Menswear has a fantastic range of evening wear to hire and purchase so think ahead and book your appointment here.