2008 Prom
Package £50 Dinner Jacket, Shirt,
Dress Trousers, Bow Tie, Cummerbund, Handkerchief and Cufflinks. + 10%
Discount on all Prom Packages
We stock a range of Evening wear again by Etiquette Formal Hire and Cameron Ross.
We stock three types of evening suit, these being the Dinner Jacket, Tuxedo and Evening Tails.
The Dinner Jackets and Tuxedos can both be customised by adding different coloured accessories (bow ties, cummerbunds
etc).
Dinner Jackets and Tuxedos are now very popular for the Proms and Summer / Christmas and Hunt Balls.
As with all the Hired outfits once ordered they will be available 10 - 12 days before your function to try on, and in
the event that an item needs replacing (i.e. longer trousers etc.) then this will be done for you.
For a more detailed description for each outfit and when they should be worn please see the image(s) and text below.
For details of Bow ties, Cummerbunds etc please click here
Traditionally this should be worn in tropical areas with black
dress trousers, white dress shirt and black bow tie.
It is now accepted practice to wear this outfit when cruising
or at a summer dance. The outfit is always worn with a dress shirt but a wide choice of colour is permissible for cummerbund,
bow tie and handkerchief.
Dinner Jacket
Dinner Jacket
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Black Tie
Worn when invitation states “Black Tie” - receptions
and balls, formal evening functions and cruises.
This consists of a single-breasted or double-breasted jacket
with satin faced lapels and trousers with a satin stripe down the outside leg seam. The traditional shirt is white, plain
collared with a pleated or Marcella front, but nowadays the more modern wing collared shirt with pleated front is preferred
by many men.
There is a wide range of patterns and colours in bow ties,
handkerchiefs, waistcoats and cummerbunds; one or other of the last two items may be worn with the single-breasted jacket,
but never waistcoat and cummerbund together.
Worn at very formal state occasions when invitation states “White Tie” - banquets,
balls and ambassadorial events.
This outfit consists of a black evening tailcoat with satin faced lapels and black evening
trousers with a satin stripe down the outside leg seam. With this one should wear a white Marcella waistcoat, white wing collar
shirt, white Marcella bow tie and white silk handkerchief. Note: The bottom button of the waistcoat should always be fastened
when wearing white tie.
Students at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge customarily wear a variation of the above
(Sub Fusc) for graduation. Under the gown a dark suit with white tie is worn