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The ultimate test of a
good barman is how effortlessly he
can assemble a martini. Stylish
guys should think of black-tie
invites in the same way: How you
put the ingredients together
for a tux says a lot about you.
Distilling it to its essentials—a tux
jacket, tux pants, a white
pleat-front shirt, a proper bow tie
For store information see page 119. Grooming by Magdalena Major using Kevyn Aucoin and Oribe.
you tie yourself, and a cummerbund
(yep, ’fraid so)—can be liberating.
Don’t get bogged down choosing

the right lapel or the number
of buttons or deciding whether
your shirt studs should match your
watch. Only two rules really
matter now. One: Chill out. Ninety
percent of nailing black tie is a
relaxed attitude. And two: Try
not to look like a dick. Follow these
gentle mantras and there’s less
chance it’ll seem like the clothes 1. 2. 3.
are wearing you. —Nick Sullivan
SIZING GET THE BLUES. OUT WITH

MATTERS. Want something STUDS.

A lot of people that will never look Pick out a
OPPOSITE:
Tuxedo ($7,995), tuxedo shirt mistake tightness for wrong but is also white dress shirt
($975), bow tie ($295), and cummerbund smartness. Don’t darkly contemporary? with a razor-pleated
($395) by Brunello Cucinelli.
be one of those guys. Try midnight blue. front and hidden or
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Loafers ($795) by Giuseppe Zanotti; Your tux should It’s eye-catching in a plain buttons.
bow tie ($115) by Turnbull & never fit so snugly sea of black, Expensive studs just
Asser; 002 watch ($10,480), watch strap
($620), and pocket square ($190) by Tom that it inhibits without appearing get lost in the cab
Ford; card holder ($260) by Prada;
cuff links ($3,290) by Montblanc; ring movement. try-hard. home anyway.
($660) by Bottega Veneta.

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