Dinner Suits

The dinner suit should be a staple for a well dressed guest. Formalwear is an overarching term for morning suits, white tie and other formal attire.

Now that few people formal parties, dinner suits have become the preserve of corporate functions. Unsurprisingly, few of us are sufficiently inspired by such humdrum events to worry much about what we wear.

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A wedding, however, calls for rather more effort and the ultimate bespoke outfit. This brings a world of options into play. From the fundamental choices between either midnight blue dinner suits, or black cloth and a double or single breasted jacket. To more subtle ones involving jetted or flapped pockets, satin or grosgrain facing, or peak lapels or shawl collar.

Either way there’s nothing better to wear with dinner suits than a white piqué-fronted evening shirt with a turn-down collar, and a proper black bow-tie in the same kind of silk as the facing on the lapels. Finish the outfit with a pair of long black socks in fine wool or cotton, a snowy white linen pocket square and a pair of highly polished black whole-cut shoes, ideally with silk shoelaces.

All of these things are correct, what separates the dinner suit is an appetite for timeless style. Single or double-breasted jacket, black with jetted pockets, no vents and grosgrain facing on the lapels. Or a wish for a more contemporary look, which would take the form of a lean and rather short midnight blue jacket with a shawl collar, and slim flat-fronted trousers.

Black Formal Dress Dinner Suits Fine Herringbone

Our formalwear range offers a comprehensive collection of wool, mohair and linen cloths in various patterns, weights and finishes. From striped trousers, vesting and coatings for weddings and Ascot, to barathea for black tie, our formal wear range is a comprehensive collection with a great variety in style.