Trinity ball,black-tie??

MiniMetro

Just wondering if you have to wear a tux to the trinity ball. Will a normal suit suffice?

Thanks

ApeXaviour

It is strict black tie afaik


EDIT: You can get a rental pretty cheap at this time of year. ~35euro

Kevin_rc_ie

I've never heard of anyone been refused entry cos they were wearing a black suit rather than a black dinner suit.

swingking

Would it be a sad thing to turn up to the ball alone. I don't have any1 to go to the ball with. Please help

Kevin_rc_ie

you can come with me.

Do you know lots of faces around campus? People if you saw at the ball you could talk to and hang out with? If so, go go go.

Also if you're generally good at talking to random strangers and having a laugh with them you'll have a good time.

It's quite often the case that people who come in with a specific bunch loss them all in typical festival style so....

DrIndy

no matter who you arrive with, it is invariable you will lose them for part of the night unless you handcuff yourself to them........

Therefore it doesn't really matter, I end up doing the rounds chatting to the world at the trinner ball......

Kevin_rc_ie

I end up doing the rounds

in preperation for life ahead.

I've gotten lost the last two trinity balls. Ok last year I was unbelievably locked, but I only found people towards 5 o'clock.

Every year it says black-tie strictly, but in all seriousness I've pics at the ready (which I'll pm if you want, but I'm not putting up) of mates who got in without wearing anything suity or black-tie-y.

But again, it is stated as a rule. A suit would be more then acceptable, but hell that's just me guessing.

DrIndy

Black tie ideally, you can wear a smart lounge suit too - but you do stand out amongst the penguins.......

Kevin_rc_ie

but you do stand out amongst the penguins......

this is what i was saying to angrybanana, but we couldn't tell if this would be a good thing or a bad thing.

Chick

What's a longue suit guys?


Indy - Are you going to the medical journal thing in arts block on Thurs?

Oh and Nurse Soc AGM 2mo nite, it's all official n all now

Kevin_rc_ie

it's a suit for lounging about in, i call them pyjamas.

Chick

Excellent! So you think I could pull off girlie PJ's? Perhaps a string top and hotpants?

Kevin_rc_ie

Hmm, I dunno post a pic on the aforementioned attire and let us judge.

DrIndy

Lounge suit is the next step up from a business suit but short of a black tie.....

Its a smart, ideally black suit with a good shirt and tie...... waistcoat optional but desirable.....

Chick

Right ok, thanks! I'm not too great on my suit classifications at the mo

Kevin_rc_ie

I'm not too great on my suit classifications at the mo

Have you learned nothing in college this year?

Chick

I was out for that class and the notes weren't on the G+P

DrIndy

if you wanna meet the suit experts, talk to desertcircus or Luke Reynolds. Those guys are great!

Chick

How much can there possibly be to know!

Would I be surprised?

Kevin_rc_ie

put it this way reynolds wrote an article about cufflinks.

almost anyway.

DrIndy

Apparently you would!

There is actually a huge range of various styles and combinations.....

Chick

Woah, there was me thinking it was just black+white (No pun intended!), it's either a tux or it's not a tux .

Think I'll just stick to dresses

DrIndy

Sure, black tie = black tie, but there is a wide permutation between those as well..

Frilly shirt or not? Waistcoat or not? What type of black suit?
Cufflinks? etc......

I am by no means an expert...... but there are subtleties.... kinda like girls and all their dresses....

Chick

Yes but at least you can see obvious differences between dresses -length/colour/style etc!



Anyway, that's my lot for tonight. Enjoy the Ball everyone




Til next time kids

Ron DMC

I don't even have a black tie, only my nifty pink bow'tie and matching cummerbund.

Man, I'm gonna look the business!!

Crash

bah, in fairness if you wanna look cool, it has to be a wingtip collar

Jim_No.6

Not neccessarily; I rely on my silken re handkerchief!

Hitchhiker's Guide to...

Is a white shirt necessary? - was thinking of going in a non-white shirt...

little miss

And to think I thought men had it easy when it came to the ball! Glad to see so many of you are daring to be different and adding some of your own individual flair!

Chick

Deffo lil miss, good to see the guys making an effort like!:D

John

Oh yeah because most of the time we'd prefer just a loincloth and a club

Chick

There's a lot to said for loincloth on the right guy

John

Chick wrote:

There's a lot to said for loincloth on the right guy

You're familiar with my work?

Kappar

Anyone know what's thr craic with runners. I have a really sore foot so can't wear shoes so got myself a brand new pair of white runners (in fact I think it looks pretty cool with the tux) can I get away with this??!>

Pet

Kappar wrote:

Anyone know what's thr craic with runners. I have a really sore foot so can't wear shoes so got myself a brand new pair of white runners (in fact I think it looks pretty cool with the tux) can I get away with this??!>

Perhaps if you wear it with a look of detached, cynical irony. But otherwise, make it pretty obvious that you've got a foot injury..

ApeXaviour

Kappar wrote:

Anyone know what's thr craic with runners. I have a really sore foot so can't wear shoes so got myself a brand new pair of white runners (in fact I think it looks pretty cool with the tux) can I get away with this??!>

Eh white.. ?

You like attention don't you? Cos even the most paraletic people will be staring at you muttering to themselves wtf!

I'da picked pitch black runners meself sans hesitation. I second pet's advice, you'd wanna be limping like you were in war and took extreme action to get off the front.

Kappar

It's not that I like attention it was just that I wanted something to wear after the ball and thinking that it would be no bother to wear runners (seeing as it seems to be encouraged for girls) i said to myself get a pair them you like them. Now I think I'll "run" out and get myself a pair of cheapo dunnes black runners.

Hitchhiker's Guide to...

25 euro in dunnes for black shoes - you can't beat it - especially since they'll last a year...