It's probably due to the fact that they all went to the same hire place and were served by someone who didn't know/care about the fit.Obviously (to members here), those waist coats are far too long. However, all of the men pictured had the same problem. Does anyone know if it is a costume peculiar to that specific event?
Plus, any white tie offerings that I've seen in hire places, always seem to have the trousers cut too low to wear the waistcoat at the right height. Some of the gents on that site did look a lot better than the examples above. To be fair, I'm sure they never thought what for many might have been the first their white-tie venture would end up being discussed on a forum.
Adagio