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Can I get away with wearing a tuxedo with an open-collar tux shirt?
Got a formal to go to next week, but I wanted to flip the script on style. I hate cummerbunds (they make tuxes look rented) and I think a bow tie looks to prom nightish for a 2009 contemporary male. Yeah, formal ties look nice, but would simply wearing my shirt open-collar add a dash of flare?
Use your head. Don't you think guys in, say, 1972 thought they were hip, modern guys, too contemporary for all that square old-man stuff? Here are some examples:
http://www.blacktieguide.com/Vintage/Vintage%20illustrations/Retro/1972,73_winter_GQ_p4.jpg
http://www.blacktieguide.com/Vintage/Vintage%20illustrations/Retro/1971,72_winter_GQ_p112.jpg
You can just hear him saying "I think black looks too prom nightish for a 1972 contemporary male." Fun fact: Both of those pictures come from vintage GQ. If you read it in GQ, it's probably wrong.
Cummerbunds hardly make tuxedos look rented, unless you think this guy looks like a prom date:
http://www.blacktieguide.com/Supplemental/Hollywood/daniel-craig-2009-oscars20.jpg
Remember, most rental shops only do those awful high-cut vests. Those just scream "rental."
Likewise, nine out of ten slobs at any prom you go to will be in neckties instead of bow ties. Sure, they look like waiters, but when you're a douche, that doesn't matter. A tuxedo with an open collar is merely a higher level of douchery.
Do you really think you're the first man in the history of the world who's tried to personalize the tuxedo? Many have tried, all have failed. The only way to guarantee individuality these days is, oddly enough, to follow the rules. You would be the only man there in a black cummerbund and self-tied bow tie. What would James Bond do?
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