How to Wear a Blue Tuxedo — 5 Simple Rules

Joey!

We’d suggest black. Then, pairing it with a black cummerbund would be the best move.

A bow tie isn’t mandatory and you’re correct in thinking a think black tie is the next best, less formal option. As for the pocket square, however, you should wear a white pocket square or no pocket square at all. You don’t want to ruin your dinner jacket with a clashing pocket square. Big ups on graduating!

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P.S. It’s your big day, go with the fancy tux.

Go big or go home, Mitz. By that we mean: go with a black bow tie. The holidays are a wonderful excuse to dress up more than you normally would. For the pocket square, go white. If you wore a black or midnight blue pocket square it would just blend in and become pointless. We recommend a white silk pocket square. Enjoy the party, we know you’ll kill it in this outfit.

As you can see in the images above, we like our tuxes with black satin lapels. It offers a nice contrast against royal blue fabric and coordinates well with a black bow tie, which we also recommend.

We don’t suggest a black waistcoat with a midnight blue tuxedo. Midnight Blue is so close to black it will look just slightly off.

In case you’re wondering, if you’ve already got a Black Lapel Midnight Blue Custom Tuxedo and you can order a waistcoat to go with it by special request. Just drop us a line at concierge@blacklapel.com and we can make one for you.

Hmmm…that’s an interesting conundrum. Right off the bat, we suggest you take a look at our article on the five questions you should answer about your dressing your groomsmen since it will be relevant to your situation.

To answer your specific question, don’t worry too much about your groomsmen and your bridesmaids matching. Remember the groomsmen and the bridesmaids are different genders, so nobody expects absolute uniformity. Think of all the weddings you’ve seen where the bridesmaids wore pastel-colored dresses. Did the groomsmen wear suits in the same color? No, but nobody said, “man, this wedding sucks, the groomsmen and the bridesmaids don’t even match!”

Suffice it to say, it’s pretty hard for the groomsmen and bridesmaids to clash and you’re in no danger of that no matter how your go. The thing we suggest you consider is how much you want to stand out from your groomsmen. A Midnight Blue tuxedo is so dark it’s only subtlely different from black. If you wear a Midnight Blue tuxedo and the groomsmen wear Black Tuxedos you’ll look only slightly off. The two fabrics are so close, yet not a match, that it will look like an oversight. There are a few ways to avoid that problem:

1. For uniformity you could all wear midnight blue tuxedos, or all wear black tuxedos.
2. To stand out from the groomsmen you could wear a color that is further from black, like the Indigo Blue tuxedo or Royal Blue tuxedo while the groomsmen wear black tuxedos.
3. Our favorite option, you could do what this groom did and wear the Royal Blue tuxedo while your groomsmen wear black tuxedo trousers and royal blue dinner jackets. This not only helps you stand out from your groomsmen but gives them a stylish look that also includes black so that they match the bridesmaids too.

For more specific advice and help getting the look you’re after, email the Black Lapel stylist team at concierge@blacklapel.com and we can help you put the whole thing together and get you a deal on your group’s tuxes.

Of course, Nitin. A black bow tie is the central element of a black tie outfit, so it’s pretty much mandatory. And, while we highlighted blue shoes as a cool way to put a different spin on your blue tux, black shoes are still the default formal shoes and what you’ll see on 99 out of 100 tuxedo wearers.

A black tie is essential to your black tie ensemble, otherwise you’re not in black tie, are you?

Why is this important? Black tie etiquette may have loosened up over the years, but the color of the tie still carries meaning. A black tie denotes the level of formality, setting a tuxedo apart from business or cocktail attire (a suit and neck tie) or a more formal dress code like white tie, which should be reserved for things like coronations and Nobel Prize ceremonies and includes a coat with tails. With so much riding on the color of your bow tie, we don’t recommend breaking with this particular tradition.

Also the combination of ivory dinner jacket and midnight blue pants is a bit incongruous. We’d swap the pants out for black formal trousers for a more cohesive look. Then the black shoes would be the logial choice.

Take your cues from how we styled the Royal Blue tuxedo in these photos. You’ll note that we kept the tie black. With black tie, a lot of the rules have been relaxed, but wearing black tie still demands that you wear an actual black tie.

As for the shoes, black is traditional, but as we said in Rule #2 above, blue is the more distinctive option. Whatever you do, DO NOT wear brown shoes with your tuxedo. That would lessen the formality drastically and be a major faux pas.

And the belt? A belt should not be worn with a tuxedo. That too is a faux pas.

It’s called black-tie for a reason, David. We say stick with black for the bow tie. We also recommend black shoes if you’re going to wear black pants. If the pants were blue, we’d be all for blue shoes, but with black pants, the shoes should be black too. Easy, right?

Are the shoes in question black or oxblood? If they are black, as long as they are shined up well, you’re good to go.

We don’t recommend wearing oxblood shoes with a midnight blue tux. The addition of a somewhat random color will look kind of…well…random. You’ll notice that all of the recommendations above keep the colors within the blue family. That creates the cohesive outfit that is black tie. When you start adding in other colors, that’s when things tend to go off the rails.

When in doub about black tie accessories approach the decision like you’re Wesley Snipes in Passenger 57 and you won’t be disappointed.

Great question, Billy! Some of the most stylish variations on tuxedos come from warm weather black tie affairs. The whole idea of doing a non-matching dinner jacket grew out of the interest in keeping cool. Dinner jackets made with lighter colors and mohair and silk fibers were first seen at Palm Beach weddings of the rich and famous back in the day and led to all sorts of experimentation. Here’s are our dos and don’ts for you:

1. Don’t wear a velvet jacket. Velvet dinner jackets are great for winter events, but you’ll overheat in warm weather.
2. Do consider fabrics made with cooler fibers like the ones from the Savoy line of tuxedos that blend wool with breathable and cool mohair and silk. (While those are not available now, they’ll be back in stock with plenty of time for you to order and get it before September.)
3. Don’t get stuck on dark colors just because it’s a formal event.
4. Do consider a lighter colored fabric that won’t retaing heat as much as black or midnight blue. The Royal Blue dinner jacket and full tux above will help. And we’ll let you in on a little secret about Black Lapel: most of our suit fabrics can be used to make a dinner jacket or tuxedo. We’ve made a tux out of the Cool Gray fabric, for instance, that came out really nicely.
5. Do cover your waist no matter the temperature. Since dinner jackets have only one button in front, an uncovered waist can reveal a little sailboat shaped white fabric from your shirt that can ruin the clean lines of your look.
6. Don’t get stuck on the waistcoat as the only way to cover your waist. A waistcoat looks great, but can add another layer and make you hot when the weather is warm. Instead, wear a cummberbund that covers your waist in classic style without adding fabric to your back chest and shoulder area.

Follow these guidelines and you’ll look cool and stay cool in your black tie getup.

Well Tom, you’re getting married now and that means you’re officially a grown up. Yet even grown men still ought to listen to their mothers sometimes. This is one of those times. Black shoes, Tom, are your best option. The blue slippers we highlighted above are a sharp alternative but brown is never an alternative.

Why? The lapels, the tie and the satin on the side of the pants are all black. Suddenly introducing a stray color like brown to the mix would look out of place. Plus, technically a black tie affair is urbane if not urbane and brown shoes are considered too rustic for such an affair. As the old line goes “No brown in town.”

Trust us, Tom, you don’t want to look back at your wedding photos and cringe at the big old fashion faux-pas you made. Stick with black or navy shoes.

Black tie is called black tie for a reason, Johnny. Your bow tie should be black when you’re wearing a tux. As you can see in section #2 above, you’ve got a little more flexibility with the shoes. Blue formal slippers in velvet are a rakishly stylish look. If you’re a lace-up guy then you can always go with a pair of black patent leather shoes. And of course, a pair of plain toe black shoes that you’ve applied a high shine to will also do the trick.

Well Alex, only you can decide what you’re comfortable with, but we can tell you this: men have been wearing non-black dinner jackets and full tuxedos for almost as long as people have been wearing dinner jackets and tuxedos. You’ll find examples of midnight blue tuxedos from the 1930s and dinner jackets in ivory, tan and a range of other colors going back even further. So, if these “older” men are old enough to know their black tie history, you wearing blue won’t be much of a surprise to anyone.

Regardless of what others think, you should wear what you like best on you. If you want to wear blue, don’t wuss out because of what you think someone might think of what you might wear. Man up, Alex. Pep talk complete.

Thumbs up from us, Michael. That’s the way to do unorthodox black tie!

How slim you are shouldn’t matter, Brendan. A cummerbund should be adjustable in the back to fit your waist.

If you’re afraid that a cummerbund is too large vertically and making it look like your pants are too high, don’t be. The point of a cummerbund is to cover your stomach below the button of your jacket. You’re looking to avoid the little white sailboat that shows up when your white shirt peeks out below your buttoned jacket and above your pants waist.

As the guys over at the style site, Put This On pointed out recently this is a problem for a lot of guys when wearing suits. Wearing a cummerbund with a suit, would be strange. Wearing one with a tuxedo just makes you fully dressed.

As our name suggests, we believe dinner jackets should have black lapels. The black tie color palette may include more than just black and white items but not all at the same time. The more colors you include in your black tie outfit, the less power the whole ensemble has.

Our advice about the combination you described: something’s gotta go. Either go with a Royal Blue dinner jacket with black lapels and black pants or keep the dinner jacket and go with dark blue pants. If you look at photos of the most stylish men you’ll see that the one thing that binds them all together is they all show restraint. You should too, Brian. When it comes to menswear and colors, less really is more.

If there’s one thing we find ourselves warning guys about often it’s weak color contrasts like navy and black or charcoal gray and black. The look ends up muddled. Navy slippers are so close to black there’s really no point in wearing them with a black tuxedo.

We recommend that the slippers be black. The accessories, after all, should follow the tuxedo’s lead. If the tux is black, the accessories should be so that they look loud by comparison. If the tux were blue, like the ones above, different story, but by wearing a black tux you’re saying “I’m a traditionalist.” Don’t contradict that with extravagant slipper colors.

To answer question one, we wouldn’t recommend a necktie with a tuxedo. It’s not that it looks that bad, it’s that it looks out of place. You’ve got to keep the look consistent. It’s kind of like putting big off-road tires on a Ferrari. Will the car still run? Sure, but it throws the look off.

As for the shoe color, our answer is similar. Keep it simple. The strength of black tie comes from its simplicity. With a midnight blue tuxedo there’s only one color in the look (technically black and white are not colors). Introducing another, somewhat random, color into the outfit with your shoes will make them stick out. Black shoes echo something else in the outfit and are a smart choice. If that’s too tame for you, go with blue, like the ones shown above. They add interest, but still echo some other part of the outfit and keep things cohesive.

Now, the casual reader might think you’re itching to break the rules of black tie, Steve and we suggested you shouldn’t. It’s true, we don’t think you should break the black tie rules, but you can certainly bend them. We even put together a guide on how to do it. Check out our story on going Beyond Black Tie for ideas and inspiration.

Do you hear that, Cameron? That’s the sound of us booing your decision to buy a tuxedo from somebody else when you could have had a Black Lapel tux. But that’s alright, we’re still cool, Cameron.

Black tie accessories are pretty straightforward. It wouldn’t be called black tie if you weren’t intended to wear, you guessed it, a black tie. Specifically, you should go with a black bow tie And a white silk pocket square is appropriate for a formal outfit.

When it comes to the shirt, your choice is your preference. You can get any Black Lapel tuxedo shirt made with holes for studs instead of buttons. We will offer this bit of guidance, though: If you do go with studs, you should plan to wear either a proper waist covering. Waist covering, either a waistcoat or a cummerbund, is an essential part of a formal outfit because it keeps you from flashing and unsightly white triangle of shirt fabric at the bottom of your jacket. We mention this in relation to studs because you’ll notice on shirts with stud holes, the studs aren’t worn all the way down the front of the shirt. They stop at the waist. So if you’re not wearing a proper waist cover, studs only call attention to this faux pas by abruptly stopping at your waist.

We hope this helps, Cameron, but feel free to email one of our stylists at concierge@blacklapel.com for more individual recommendations.

Sure, Mike. Why not? This is a charity function and you’re supporting the effort. When the NFL players wear pink during October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we don’t criticize their uniforms, we’re not going to criticize you for wearing a pink bow tie to a pink tie charity event. No reason to go out and rent a black tux. Nor is there any reason for you to feel self conscious about wearing your midnight blue tux when others are wearing black. When it comes to style, we agree with Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The only thing to fear is fear itself.

You’ve got a great dilemma, Jonathan. What will make you look your best on the big day. Since the answer is pretty specific, and depends a lot of factors only you can tell us about, we’ll reach out to learn more and get you answers personally tailored to you. Look out for an email from a Black Lapel stylist shortly.

Congratulations, Darren. Exciting stuff. And we know it’s a special occassion and you’re looking to turn the style meter up to 11. Black tie still requires a bit of restraint when it comes to the accessories.

We recommend that the bow ties for everyone be black. Not only do black ties work with the outfit (the lapels and trim of the tux are black too) but black tie, isn’t just called black tie for nothing, the color of the ties actually carries meaning. Black tie sets the level of formality. One level up would be white tie (like you see at the Nobel Prize ceremony and at coronations and other extremely formal affairs.

The same goes for the cummerbund. Novelty cummerbunds can look dated and the last thing you want is to look back at your photos from your wedding at your 20 year anniversary and shake your head muttering “what was I thinking?” The timeless elegance of a black bow tie and cummerbund have worked for decades. We say don’t stray too far.

Now, you may be wondering how we could publish a story called “Blue is the New Black Tie” and then suggest toning down the look. But the thing is, blue tuxedos are almost as old and traditional as black tie itself. So even though we showed some pretty modern takes on the tux, we can still answer perhaps the most important question in classic menswear in the affirmative: Would Cary Grant wear it? If old CG would rock it, you’re probably on stable ground. If not, be careful, you may be skating on thin ice.

Good question, Terrence. And since the answer ought to be as tailored to you as one of our custom tuxedos, we’ve made this a one-on-one conversation. A Black Lapel stylist will contact you directly to learn more about your situation and provide you with answers.

It’s truly a personal preference, but its never a bad idea to listen to your fiance, especially about wedding details. If your’re against black suspenders you can rock white ones like you mentioned. They’ll stand out less. Perhaps you could come to a compromise with your fiance too. Maybe wear the suspenders of her choice during the ceremony and for pictures, but then change into a vest for the reception when your jacket is likely to come off to dance, eat, etc. One last suggestion for your outfit: we recommend black dress shoes instead of brown. It’s a better black tie look and they will match the bow tie and your lapels (if they’re black). Best of luck!

That’s quite the ceremony, congrats to you both. The tux is certainly appropriate for your groom, but it is going to dress everything up a bit. If you’re okay with that then by all means, let him proceed. This means the groomsmen should be a little more formal too and coordinate with the groom without stealing his thunder. If your fiance was wearing a black tux, we would recommend medium to dark gray suits for the groomsmen. Since your fiance wants the Midnight Blue Tux, we don’t think gray is the best option anymore. To match with the groom, we’d recommend the groomsmen wear matching black or midnight blue suits. Both of these suits will match with the bridesmaids and pull everyone and everything together.

Yeah, that’s the move. Burgundy formal loafers sound dope, but better to stick with black for this ensemble. Cheers!

Congrats on the upcoming wedding, Kuda. We dig your tux look. In terms of your groomsmen, matching them to your bridesmaids was a good thought. However we’re not sure a pink shirt is the best route and everyone could look too matchy-matchy. What about pink/blush colored bow ties instead? Pair those with simple, white tuxedo shirts and you’ll have groomsmen that subtly coordinate with the bridesmaids, but still look fresh to death.

This sounds like a pretty swank get up to us. You also have the option of wearing a waistcoat if you so choose. Just make sure in both cases that the silk matches up perfectly with your lapel and bow tie. Take a peek at our Black Tie 101 to learn all the dos and don’ts of black tie dressing.

Either black or blue loafers will work nicely with a royal blue tux. Like we mentioned above though, if you go the blue route try and stick to a shade that is darker than the rest of the suit. Derby shoes are going to make the look considerably more sporty, so keep the event in mind before making that choice.

Don’t be confused, Pulak, there is only one right answer: wear a white shirt. A black shirt would be a major faux pas. Why, the elegance of a tuxedo comes from its strong contrasts. Part of its formality comes from its white shirt (considered the most formal). Black shirts should be reserved for casual affairs. Adding one to a tuxedo kills the contrast and the formality of the look.

We’ll answer your last question first, all of the photos you see above are Black Lapel Slim Fits. Now, you should know that nothing by Black Lapel has a “size”. Everything is custom made to the measurements of the owner. So our Slim Fit is slim relative to the wearer. It follows his contours more closely than our Tailored or Standard fits. Still, it’s not the same as a “slim fit” suit in some store that is the designer’s definition of a slim fit for their models, not your definition of slim.

As for the jacket, you could get just the Royal Blue Custom Dinner Jacket and wear it with your black tuxedo pants. We don’t recommend getting just the jacket, though. Since we don’t make standard sizes, we make everything custom to you, we get everything to fit flawlessly. We take into account things like a quarter inch difference between how high your left and right shoulders are when we make your clothes. The problem is, once you get a truly flawless fit, you won’t want settle for off-the-rack “close enough” fits. So you probably don’t want to wear off-the-rack “close enough” pants with your custom fitted dinner jacket for your wedding. It is your wedding after all. Also, as you suggested, not all tuxedo trims are alike. It’s a subtle thing, but mismatching trim on the lapels and the pants is not going to look good either.

So we say take a half-step for this once in a lifetime event. Go all the way with custom made clothes head-to-toe. Whether that’s the Royal Blue Dinner Jacket and Black Pants or any other black tie ensemble.

We do, Will. We’re Black Lapel, the custom clothing company as well as publisher of The Compass. Check out our black tie selection.

Got it. Although dark blue might look a little better with the “rose-like” bridesmaid dresses, you don’t want to blend in with your groomsmen on your big day. We think a very dark gray will still make your groomsmen look very dapper and well-coordinated. Plus, if they’re buying the suits themselves, they can get a lot of other use out of a suit in this color!

It’s a wedding, and you want to have fun with it, but we wouldn’t recommend straying from black when it comes to the bow tie. Why? Black tie is called black tie for a reason. According to tradition, the color of the tie actually carries meaning. For instance, white tie is extremely formal (you only see it at inaugurations, Nobel Prize ceremonies and other equally dressy affairs). So we say stick with black bow ties and differentiate your future husband from his groomsmen in other ways (like him wearing a waistcoat while they wear cummerbunds or him wearing a wing collar shirt while they wear turn down collars). After all, he’ll be differentiate plenty because he’ll have you as his date!

It’s called black tie for a reason, Anand. There are some breakable rules regarding black tie but the color of the tie is not one of them. Why? Because the color of the tie actually has meaning. White tie signifies stepping up in formality. While a black tie event is formal, a white tie event even more formal (like getting a Nobel Prize, or hanging out with the Queen). If your wedding invitation includes the words “black tie” (whether they’re followed by “optional” or not) then we suggest you wear a black bow tie.

Those will work, Nel. As for the socks, traditionalists would say you should wear your finest blue socks, maybe something with some silk in them to keep things crispy. The modern take on the topic is a little more lenient with some stylish guys opting to go sockless in black tie.

As with every fashion debate, it all comes down to who’s wearing it. If your calves haven’t seen the sun since Camp Hiawatha, a pasty, hairy ankle can ruin your black tie presentation. If your pants are cut with little to no break (as we think they should be when they’re formal trousers), those pearly whites are going to be showing even more. On the flip side, if your ankles are so bronzed people ask you if you were the model for the FTD logo, then feel free to air them. If you do take the latter route, just be smart about going sockless so that you avoid stinking up your shoes.

We’re not sure where the notion that men have to match their dates came from but we think it should go back from whence it came.

Wear what looks best on you. She’s not going to look any better or worse because of the color of your tux. You are investing in a piece of classic menswear that should serve you for years to come. Should your chief concern be how well it matches with your date’s dress? We don’t think so. Instead, make sure it fits you flawlessly and that you wear it confidently. Then, when she sees you in a great looking tuxedo the last thing on her mind will be making sure you two match.

Midnight blue is the safest bet, Manthan. It’s dark but it’s blue and looks great under indoor lighting.

As for shoes, we gave you the options, now you’ve got to decide that for yourself. Don’t worry, there is no wrong answer. Go with what you like the best.

Surely, Rahul. The Midnight Blue Tuxedo is a very dark shade of blue and will complement your skin tone almost the same way a classic black tuxedo would (we recommend black for men with darker skin tones). Get to customizing!

If you’re talking about a black tie look and a dark blue dinner jacket, white is definitely the proper choice. The fact that the jacket is suede, though, makes us wonder if you’re referring to a casual look and somehow ended up on this article about tuxedos. If that’s the case, a black shirt can work, but results may vary. Without much knowledge of where, how, what this outfit is for we’re hesistant to recommend anything but the always appropriate white shirt.

We’re fans of keeping black tie as classy as possible, so we say a black tie or black bow tie!

We wouldn’t throw any crazy ties into this mix. You’re safe to wear a same-colored navy or black tie. You could also opt for a bow tie..

That’s an easy one, Anubhav. Black tie means a bow tie. That goes double when you’re wearing a waistcoat.

It sounds like you’re talking about a black opera pump, a classic formal shoe. The red bow is an odd quirk. Frankly, we’re not digging it. Red is too strong of a color to wear with a black shoe in your black tie outfit. You’ll be drawing all attention towards your feet. For more black tie dos and don’ts check out our Black Tie 101 story.

A lot of people will tell you that it’s “her day” but we say those people are wrong. It’s your day. That’s you plural, as in you and your bride-to-be. You two are sharing the marriage, so you two should share the wedding. With that in mind, we suggest you wear what you like. If you’re an untux guy, wear an untux. That’s not to say that you can’t wear a midnight blue tux. Of course you can. But why wear what you think other people want you to wear to your own wedding? Show them all your sublime style with great looking untux.

White! Always wear a white shirt with any black tie look! The type of white shirt can vary, but the color shouldn’t.

Brown shoes with black tie are a big no-no, Ronald. If you’re not into black, try some blue slip-ons like we showed above, but definitely do not wear brown shoes with a tux.

Your fears are well founded, Tim. a Midnight Blue dinner jacket and black pants are too close together. Plus, if the pants aren’t formal tuxedo pants, with the satin stripe down the side, it’ll look even more forced.

If you’re going to go non-matching pants and you’re not wearing black formal trousers, then maybe it’s time to get creative, like we did for the creative look in our story on New Year’s Eve tuxedo looks and go with something like a pair of gray glen plaid pants that contrast with your jacket. It’s a bit aggressive for some, but hey, it’s New Year’s Eve and you’re partying, there should be no holds barred.

Looks like you read our Beyond Black Tie story and decided to challenge the status quo, Mike. Good on ya!

In that story we wrote about bending some black tie rules. One rule we don’t bend, though, is that black tie means you should be wearing a black tie. Why? because the lapels of your dinner jacket will be black and there’s something to that alliance of lapel and bow tie that just feels right.

The whole outfit is an aggressive move, but you said it was a “black tie optional” event so there’s more wiggle room to be creative. We say go for it. Haters are gonna hate, but you gotta do you.

When it comes to black tie, we typically encourage just that—a black tie. Or in this case, a black bowtie. However if this happens to be your wedding tuxedo and pink is a theme color in your wedding, than you could probably pull it off. If not, stay classy and go for black.

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I’m no visionary, so I can’t say whether a Royal Blue Tux or a Midnight Blue Tux will look better on you. But if you’re unsure which to choose, you can base it off which shade of blue you would rather wear. Royal Blue stands out more in a crowd of black tuxedos and midnight blue suggests a subtle certainty of style a step above the classic black tuxedo. Look in the mirror and ask yourself which one you envision yourself wearing.

Sounds like a good black tie outfit except for one thing: the tie in black tie should be black. Period. End of story. A red bow tie and cummerbund would add yet another color to the mix in an already colorful outfit and lessen the impact of the blue tux. Let the tux be the star of the show and keep the accessories black for a classy, yet modern look.

Hmmm…blue lapels sort of take the oomph out of a tux in our book (of course, we’re biased) so we’re having trouble picturing it, but we’d say stick with black shoes to give your black tie some black. As for the shirt, yes, classic white is the name of the game.

Nah, I wouldn’t suggest that. Black shoes will look way more sharp.

P.S. I think your caps lock key is on.

Ah, you are one of many to join The Compass’s Ryan Gosling fan club. He’s a good looking and stylish dude.

In terms of blue jackets, we didn’t write a whole article about them for nothing. Now’s the time to start rocking one.

Is black more impressive or more formal? We think the latter. In the office, we usually steer clear of the black suits in favor of more forgiving blues and grays, but the black suit look can be pulled off.

When it comes to black tie, ultimately it’s up to you, but we think blue deserves consideration.

That certainly is a reason to wear midnight blue and one that’s been cited many places. We’ll stand by our reasons for wearing midnight blue, but sure, midnight blue has a depth and richness under the lights that is hard to beat.

You are correct. That’s why we said it was “irreverently stylish.” Irreverence, by nature, goes against tradition. We’re tipping the sacred cows here, Kenneth.