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Make sure you review the pertinent articles linked from the Home Page like the Frequently Asked Questions:
[HEADING=2]When I wear suspenders with my Tuxedo, do I need a cummerbund?[/HEADING]
There are two things going on here which seem often to confuse gentlemen!
First formal trousers are held up by (only choice) braces (suspenders in American, but always the kind that attach to buttons inside the trouser waistband!
Sometimes the use of "suspenders" is to describe the clip on type!
The other thing is that the waistband of formal trousers must always be covered!
From the practice of wearing the jacket of White Tie open, and also that the formal shirt has a pleated front (to the waist only, so that it doesn't buckle when you sit down). This must be "hidden" at the waist and is always covered!
The choices for this "cover" are cummerbund (has nothing to do with holding up your pants), a vest, or a double breasted dinner jacket which is never unbuttoned in public.
WELCOME!
Make sure you review the pertinent articles linked from the Home Page like the Frequently Asked Questions:
[HEADING=2]When I wear suspenders with my Tuxedo, do I need a cummerbund?[/HEADING]
There are two things going on here which seem often to confuse gentlemen!
First formal trousers are held up by (only choice) braces (suspenders in American, but always the kind that attach to buttons inside the trouser waistband!
Sometimes the use of "suspenders" is to describe the clip on type!
The other thing is that the waistband of formal trousers must always be covered!
From the practice of wearing the jacket of White Tie open, and also that the formal shirt has a pleated front (to the waist only, so that it doesn't buckle when you sit down). This must be "hidden" at the waist and is always covered!
The choices for this "cover" are cummerbund (has nothing to do with holding up your pants), a vest, or a double breasted dinner jacket which is never unbuttoned in public.
