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re: Is the dress code for a Gala automatically a tuxedo?
Posted on 10/17/22 at 11:14 pm to flyAU
Posted on 10/17/22 at 11:14 pm to flyAU
For $250.00 a ticket event, I would wear a tuxedo. You would probably be ok in a well-tailored suit but you better keep your tie and jacket on all night. There will be some that will look down on you for not wearing a tuxedo but the jeans and sports coat guys will look like dipshits to everyone.
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Posted on 10/17/22 at 11:15 pm to flyAU
it's a gala day
and a gala day should be enough for any man
and a gala day should be enough for any man
Posted on 10/17/22 at 11:26 pm to flyAU
Not if it’s a GAYLA
Posted on 10/17/22 at 11:42 pm to flyAU
quote:you should already own a nice tux
should I be scrambling to rent a tux?
Posted on 10/17/22 at 11:45 pm to SuperSaint
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you should already own a nice tux
You 1000% do not own a nice tux.
Posted on 10/17/22 at 11:46 pm to Havoc
Wat
Posted on 10/17/22 at 11:48 pm to SuperSaint
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Wat
They don’t realize dress code for OPP is formal, SS
Posted on 10/17/22 at 11:53 pm to flyAU
It's like tattoos. Back in the day everyone dressed formally for these events and the guy who didn't was the iconoclastic noncomformist. Now they're all dressing like slobs and the man who dresses appropriately sets himself apart as a man of style and class. You show up in a tux and your wife will probably give you a BJ later. All those other guys will get is a bitchfest from their wives about how they didn't care enough to at least wear a tie.
Posted on 10/18/22 at 12:57 am to tigerinthebueche
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bullshite. Decorum requires a tux. Go rent a fricking tux and try to separate yourself from the troglodytes and socially inept who get invited to events for which they are totally unsuited.
Why does everyone always want to aspire to the lowest standards of the day? No one ever wants to step up . It’s always stepping down.
This. If you don't want to wear a tux then don't go.
Posted on 10/18/22 at 1:12 am to flyAU
We have been to the St Jude Evening of Hope multiple times both in Charlotte and Atlanta. If I had to guess Atlanta was about 70% suits and Charlotte more like 80%. I have worn a tux but only because I have one, I would not personally rent one for the event, I would just donate that ~$175 to the event as I know they would rather have it.
In any case there are multiple ways to try to prevent being over/under dressed at an event:
1. ask friends who have previously attended or if you are going together wear what they are so at least you will not be alone
2. ask your wife if you end up horribly under or over dressed you can use it as leverage later however you see fit
3. stalk social media, any event that is not the first year will have tons of people having posted themselves on the 'gram etc
4. email/DM one of the event committee their names are usually easy to find
In any case there are multiple ways to try to prevent being over/under dressed at an event:
1. ask friends who have previously attended or if you are going together wear what they are so at least you will not be alone
2. ask your wife if you end up horribly under or over dressed you can use it as leverage later however you see fit
3. stalk social media, any event that is not the first year will have tons of people having posted themselves on the 'gram etc
4. email/DM one of the event committee their names are usually easy to find
Posted on 10/18/22 at 5:41 am to flyAU
Normally, a firm black tie event will assuredly say so on the event invite. I went a few years ago and I would say most people probably wore tuxes but those not in tuxes wore dark suits and am confident that you would be appropriately dressed in either.
Posted on 10/18/22 at 5:44 am to TigerDeBaiter
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Every man should own a tux. Buy it before you turn 40 and stay fit enough to wear it until your 60.
This. My wife told me when we first started dating, that I had to buy a tux. Comes in handy a couple of times a year. Mardi Gras, galas, etc.
You won’t be sorry about investing in a decent tux.
Ralph Lauren Tux for $225
Posted on 10/18/22 at 6:00 am to Kreg Jennings
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You won’t be sorry about investing in a decent tux.
I used to have one (and still have the coat but lost the pants - that's a funny story). Rather than replacing it I went a different direction and bought a dark grey suit and pair it with a vest and black tie for formal events and it works just as nice as a tux but I get way more use out of it.
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Ralph Lauren Tux for $225
FYI, thats just the coat. OP would still need the pants, tie, etc.
This post was edited on 10/18/22 at 6:01 am
Posted on 10/18/22 at 6:43 am to flyAU
Some galas are suits and some are tuxes. Try and look up pictures from past galas and see. If no luck ask the friends that invited you.
Posted on 10/18/22 at 6:55 am to flyAU
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rent a tux?
Posted on 10/18/22 at 7:02 am to TigerDeBaiter
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If you don’t have one just wear a nice suit. Don’t rent a tux.
I bet in ATL you can find one for nearly the same price as renting. Nordstrom Rack is where I would start.. Then a little altering and you have a decent fitting tux for nearly the same amount as renting.
Posted on 10/18/22 at 7:07 am to flyAU
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Is a normal suit OK or should I be scrambling to rent a tux?
My check book allows me to wear whatever I choose.
Posted on 10/18/22 at 8:09 am to SingleMalt1973
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Just wear a suit, anymore these days there will be at least a half dozen dudes that won’t wear a tie.
Posted on 10/18/22 at 9:09 am to flyAU
Elon wears a tshirt to work and of the richest man in the world.
He still wears a tux to tux-level events.
No amount of money will make you cool or hip at the gala if you’re underdressed.
He still wears a tux to tux-level events.
No amount of money will make you cool or hip at the gala if you’re underdressed.
Posted on 10/18/22 at 9:21 am to tigersownall
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Plenty people with money that don’t give a shite about dress codes.
Has nothing to do with income level. It’s not a matter of wealth. It’s a matter of dressing appropriately for the event. And it applies to all events and all people equally.
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