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OK, I'll be an ass: A top (cylinder) hat of any type should only be worn with a tailcoat, either white tie or a morning coat. Those are the Rules, as Manton states. If following sartorial tradition is of any consideration (and it doesn't have to be, of course), wearing a top hat with blackt tie is entirely wrong. IMO, it also looks odd and unbalanced.Originally Posted by Lucky Strike
What about with a red jacket, yellow shirt, black spotted cravat, white gloves and monocle?Originally Posted by j
A top (cylinder) hat of any type should only be worn with a tailcoat, either white tie or a morning coat. Those are the RulesOriginally Posted by Lucky Strike
This was published in 1902 in a journal called Fashion which at the time in England was considered the last word in men's dress. Black tie is what they call "informal dinner clothes"Originally Posted by Sator
Sator said:This was published in 1902 in a journal called Fashion which at the time in England was considered the last word in men's dress. Black tie is what they call "informal dinner clothes":
Thank you for the dress chart. I am of the understanding that Davy Crockett's true hat was not a coonskin at all but a cylinder hat. I understand that in certain periods these hats were quite casual.
We recently purchased the old Danbury hat works out and in that collection was a top hat of natural undyed beaver. It was anything but formal and actually had some vent eyelets in it but I have since learned these too was common in some toppers. This hat must have been passed down from the late 1700's I would think and surely was not part of the original hat shop. I have only seen one other like it and it was dated in the 1700's with documentation.
I personally enjoy playing with proportions, wearing a very fitted suit with a higher collar and a thick tie with a think knot, for example.Originally Posted by LA Guy
Karl? Is that you?Originally Posted by RJman
For example, real sticklers would contend that wing collars are not suitable with an informal dinner jacket.Originally Posted by LA Guy