Event - Dress Code : BlackTie - Help

dublin1

Hi,
Could anyone help me please.
I just got an invite for an event with a dress code that says Blacktie.
Does any body know what this means.
Cheers for the help guys.
Jason.

whiskeyman

Evening Tux wear.
If you haven't got one, rent one. (from Blactie or the like).
Simple as really.

Gone West

I assume youre male.
Black tie typically means "Tuxedo"
You should probably rent one, so.
Guys only really buy a Tux if they wear them more than 3 or 4 times a year.
Available at most good menswear shops.

dublin1

Cheers for that guys.
Sorry if I seem a bit stupid but what is evening tux wear.

whiskeyman

dublin1 wrote:

Cheers for that guys.
Sorry if I seem a bit stupid but what is evening tux wear.

The old "penguin suit", if you will.
Looks like:





Black tie events are usually expensive to go to, but at least you can get drunk at still look classy

dublin1

And what do I do. ring a shop or go i nto one or what.
what happens in the shop. anyone on boards rent one that could tell me what happens.

whiskeyman

1) Find your nearest rental shop - look up golden pages.
2) Go in and say you need a tux and for when.
3) They'll measure you up and get you to try different ones on for best fit
4) You pay rental fee and pick it up whenever it suits (excuse the pun) on the day of the event
5) you drop it back the day after the event

Tux suit is usually jacket, pants, shirt, bowtie. I presume you have a decent pair of black shoes to go with it.

dublin1

How much do they generally cost

Gone West

dublin1 wrote:

How much do they generally cost

In Dublin, probably around the €100 mark.
I don't rent Tux'es myself, so I'm not too sure.
If you feel that you will wear a Tux more than once every 4 or so months, you should probably buy one.

dublin1

Typically how much are they to buy.
where would you buy them.
do blacktie just rent theirs or do they sell them aswell.

Pythia

http://www.blacktie.ie/
Google tbh.

Enii

200 euro to buy a tux in Noel Reid (Dundrum and Blanchardstown)

Gillo

Blacktie also sell, but you by the soounds of it you are not going to be wearing a tux again for the time forseeable future. so there is no need to buy one.

Call into Blacktie, they will sort everything.