Jeremy Hackett - The Mr Classic Blog

A Black Tie Affair

Unless you regularly attend formal dinners or dances, there are rarely opportunities to wear black tie. The last bastion of this formal tradition remains, however: weddings. At no other occasion throughout all strata of society, do people go to such lengths to look their absolute best, and rightly so.




There is no need to keep this level of smartness just to the big day itself. Many weddings also have a rehearsal a week or so before, which strikes me as not just a good way to make sure the bride and groom have got the vows right, but also to test drive your dinner jacket.

I like to think that the fathers of the bride and groom, more so than anyone else, should make every effort to look as distinguished as possible, regardless of what others may be wearing. This is just as true for the rehearsal dinner as well as the big day itself. Remember, formal dress is not fancy dress.