2010 ACADEMY AWARDS: BEST & WORST DRESSED MEN

 

Introduction: Gold Standard

Defining Classic Black Tie
Classic Jackets
Classic Trousers
Classic Waist Coverings
Classic Shirts
Classic Neckwear
Classic Footwear
Classic Accessories
Classic Outerwear
Warm-Weather Black Tie

Classic Alternatives

 

Formal Facts

 

 

 

Until the dinner jacket found a hat of its own in the 1930s (pictured), it was usually accompanied by the more formal top hat or collapsible opera hat.

Classic Black-Tie Outerwear

 

 

While black-tie outerwear etiquette is more a set of guidelines than hard and fast rules, these traditional accompaniments will ensure that a man's winter wrappings harmonize appropriately with the formal apparel that they cover. 

 

 

• Overcoat

 

The most conventional winter accompaniment for the tuxedo is a chesterfield overcoat with a formal white silk scarf.  The Encyclopedia of Men’s Clothes lists the traditional attributes of this coat as being short lapels, usually black or brown velvet collar, usually single-breasted, with a fly front and set-in sleeves.

 

Other dressy styles of long, dark coats will suffice but note that raincoats (a.k.a. trench coats) are not considered appropriate outerwear.

 

 

• Evening Dress Scarf

 

The correct formal scarf is one made of white silk with tassels.



• Evening Dress Gloves

 

The Indispensable Guide to Classic Men’s Clothing and the Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette advise that gloves should be gray and of leather or suede.



• Hat

 

For men who consider a stylish outfit to be incomplete without accompanying headwear, the black or midnight blue Homburg has been the most accepted hat for the dinner jacket since the 1930s.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


The chesterfield coat is named after the sixth Earl of Chesterfield, a fashionable Victorian aristocrat.


White silk evening scarf. 


Gray suede dress gloves.

   

 
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