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A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO EVENING WEAR (SECOND EDITION)



 


 

 

 


 

Recent Updates (see also The Black Tie Blog)

 

 

January 24, 2013

I've added a page to cover the last fringe aspect of black-tie: women's tuxedos.

 

August 1, 2012

A big welcome to the Guide's new co-sponsor, After Six!  I've taken the consequent addition of a second ad space as an opportunity to clean up the previously cluttered look of the site header.

 

May 17, 2012

 

I have added a Vintage Warm-Weather Black Tie page.

 

March 23, 2012

 

The Vintage Waist Coverings page now has an extensive history of the evening waistcoat and the Vintage Outerwear page has a short review of the evening cloak.

 

March 7, 2012

 

The History section's origin of the dinner jacket has been revised to reflect new information released by Henry Poole & Co, the creators of the jacket prototype.  A related video link has also been added to the left sidebar.

 

January 15, 2012

 

I have added the history of formal hats to the Vintage section.

 

October 31, 2011


I've been dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century and finally bought an iPhone.  Of course the first thing I used it for was to see how my web site looked and sure enough there were numerous formatting errors.  These have been corrected and the Guide is iPhone friendly (and hopefully compatible with other touch screen smart phones as well).

October 27, 2011

 

In addition to writing monthly blogs for MyTuxedoCatalog.com, writing a cover story on formal wear for the June issue of Scabal's Bespoken magazine, being profiled in my alma mater's alumni magazine and organizing my recent 10th wedding anniversary party (black tie of course), I also managed to find time for the following:

 

 

launched my Black Tie Blog to keep information flowing between official editions of the Guide

added a "short answer" definition of black tie to assist readers who like to quote the Guide when explaining the term to others

 

 

 

 

 

    

  

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