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Title: Texas Formal
Post by: Limey on January 18, 2012, 11:38:50 am
Anyone have an earthly clue as to what attire is appropriate to fit this dress code?
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: Bench on January 18, 2012, 11:44:03 am
Pre-memorial day:  Sharkskin suit, boots, bolo tie.  Leather duster optional.

Post-memorial day:  Searsucker suit, white patent leather shoes (no laces), pink tie.  Monocle or cane optional.
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: Limey on January 18, 2012, 11:46:28 am
Yikes!
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: Bench on January 18, 2012, 11:48:07 am
But of course I defer to GreatBagwell'sBeard.
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: HudsonHawk on January 18, 2012, 11:58:53 am
Anyone have an earthly clue as to what attire is appropriate to fit this dress code?

In general "Texas Formal" for men means the bottom half in jeans and boots and the top half in a tuxedo.  A black Stetson would be perfectly acceptable, if the occasion is outdoors.
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: Limey on January 18, 2012, 11:59:42 am
But of course I defer to GreatBagwell'sBeard.

[Chirp....Chirp]

FWIW, I found this online:

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Sometimes, themed parties call for dress codes like Texas Black Tie, or other variations of Creative Black Tie. In that situation, you can have more fun with it, choosing a dressy look with a theme (for him, it could be a tux with boots and for her it could be a long dress paired with Southwestern style silver belt and jewelry).

Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: Limey on January 18, 2012, 12:07:17 pm
In general "Texas Formal" for men means the bottom half in jeans and boots and the top half in a tuxedo.  A black Stetson would be perfectly acceptable, if the occasion is outdoors.

Gotcha.  Because it would suck if you put your hat on the chair next to you and the waitress sat on it.

Seriously, thanks.  Except that I am no closer to knowing how to navigate this sartorial conundrum.
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: HudsonHawk on January 18, 2012, 12:24:49 pm
Gotcha.  Because it would suck if you put your hat on the chair next to you and the waitress sat on it.

Seriously, thanks.  Except that I am no closer to knowing how to navigate this sartorial conundrum.

Why not?  I assume you've been invited to an occasion that requests Texas formal attire.  You will need a tuxedo jacket/shirt/tie and a pair of black jeans, the kind that make you look long and slender, not the baggy kind that make your ass look big.  A pair a black boots, recently polished, will complete the ensemble.  A sizeable belt buckle will win you extra style points.
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: Phil_in_CS on January 18, 2012, 12:38:15 pm
I have seen these used, but would not myself:
http://www.santanaformal.com/formal/txcbbset300-p-328.html
http://www.tuxedo-formalwear.com/tvus1327.html

black jeans, evening jacket (black or ivory depending on if it is baseball season or not), well polished black boots, a normal bow tie, and either a normal cummerbund or a big belt buckle.
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: GreatBagwellsBeard on January 18, 2012, 12:43:50 pm
I have seen these used, but would not myself:
http://www.santanaformal.com/formal/txcbbset300-p-328.html
http://www.tuxedo-formalwear.com/tvus1327.html

black jeans, evening jacket (black or ivory depending on if it is baseball season or not), well polished black boots, a normal bow tie, and either a normal cummerbund or a big belt buckle.

This.  Maybe swap the bow tie for a black satin necktie.  No bolo whatsoever.  Either black jeans or super dark indigo.  And the more dangerous the animal that died to make your boots the better.
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: HudsonHawk on January 18, 2012, 12:44:15 pm
I have seen these used, but would not myself:
http://www.santanaformal.com/formal/txcbbset300-p-328.html
http://www.tuxedo-formalwear.com/tvus1327.html

black jeans, evening jacket (black or ivory depending on if it is baseball season or not), well polished black boots, a normal bow tie, and either a normal cummerbund or a big belt buckle.

Cummerbunds are SOOOO out of style.  Vest are the vogue.
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: HudsonHawk on January 18, 2012, 12:47:17 pm
And the more dangerous the animal that died to make your boots the better.

Do not listent to this advice.  Garish exotic skins boots do not make you look more Texan.
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: BudGirl on January 18, 2012, 12:52:26 pm
Do not listent to this advice.  Garish exotic skins boots do not make you look more Texan.


+1
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: Bench on January 18, 2012, 12:54:40 pm
I have seen these used, but would not myself:
http://www.santanaformal.com/formal/txcbbset300-p-328.html
http://www.tuxedo-formalwear.com/tvus1327.html

Limey:  Pair the above bow tie with this vest. (http://www.mytuxedo.co.uk/union-jack-waistcoat)
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: gleach on January 18, 2012, 01:11:29 pm
Limey:  Pair the above bow tie with this vest. (http://www.mytuxedo.co.uk/union-jack-waistcoat)

I support this. I will pay extra for this.
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: MusicMan on January 18, 2012, 01:12:04 pm
Cummerbunds are SOOOO out of style.  Vest are the vogue.

Thank the maker.  Cumberbunds SUCK.
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: Limey on January 18, 2012, 01:18:17 pm
Limey:  Pair the above bow tie with this vest. (http://www.mytuxedo.co.uk/union-jack-waistcoat)

I have a Union Jack belt buckle.  Don't think I'd dare anything larger than that.

Anyway, if I wanted to show off something large and garishly British, I'd whip out my cock.
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: HudsonHawk on January 18, 2012, 01:19:25 pm
I support this. I will pay extra for this.

Geez, people make fun of him already and y'all are wanting to dress him up like the gay caballero.  I'm trying to help the poor boy.
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: Limey on January 18, 2012, 01:20:20 pm
Thank the maker.  Cumberbunds SUCK.

+1

I haven't worn a cummerbund in 30 years.  Doubt I will ever again.
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: Limey on January 18, 2012, 01:23:44 pm
This.  Maybe swap the bow tie for a black satin necktie.  No bolo whatsoever.  Either black jeans or super dark indigo.  And the more dangerous the animal that died to make your boots the better.

I have a full-collared dress shirt, so a 'necktie will work with that.  No idea what a bolo is.  I have slightly-faded black jeans and black boots (leather, with a reserved, not garish, pattern).

I may need to learn how to two-step...
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: Jacksonian on January 18, 2012, 01:24:01 pm
I have a Union Jack belt buckle.  Don't think I'd dare anything larger than that.

Anyway, if I wanted to show off something large and garishly British, I'd whip out my cock.

So you'll be going with the Village People cowboy look, then.
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: Ebby Calvin on January 18, 2012, 01:25:14 pm
Anyway, if I wanted to show off something large and garishly British, I'd whip out my cock.

Conversion issue I'm sure.  You do realize centimeters are smaller than inches, right?
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: Limey on January 18, 2012, 01:31:22 pm
Conversion issue I'm sure.  You do realize centimeters are smaller than inches, right?

You say potato...
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: Ty in Tampa on January 18, 2012, 01:34:05 pm
No idea what a bolo is.

Bolo (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yDb_65btjWA/TRpo7AosowI/AAAAAAAABRU/kaFGAdwRBzs/s640/bolo+tie.JPG)
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: Limey on January 18, 2012, 01:36:29 pm
Bolo (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yDb_65btjWA/TRpo7AosowI/AAAAAAAABRU/kaFGAdwRBzs/s640/bolo+tie.JPG)

So "bolo" means "junior douche".  Got it.
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: MusicMan on January 18, 2012, 01:36:34 pm
Anyway, if I wanted to show off something large and garishly British, I'd whip out my cock.

Calling it the British Empire is a little unseemly.
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: GreatBagwellsBeard on January 18, 2012, 01:49:40 pm
Calling it the British Empire is a little unseemly.

It's sprawling, but rife with institutional corruption?

I was kidding about the boots, of course.  Stingray is about as exotic as would ever be necessary.  No reptiles, just ostrich or something from a pasture.
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: Limey on January 18, 2012, 02:07:51 pm
It's sprawling, but rife with institutional corruption?

How could you miss "big and red and held together by a navy".
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: NeilT on January 18, 2012, 02:10:53 pm
How could you miss "big and red and held together by a navy".

I thought that was Margaret Thatcher.
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: MusicMan on January 18, 2012, 02:12:55 pm
How could you miss "big and red and held together by a navy".

So it's the balls that are blue?
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: Limey on January 18, 2012, 02:30:41 pm
I thought that was Margaret Thatcher.

The Iron Lady (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1jY5fYjV-U) (original version)
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: Limey on March 01, 2012, 09:55:01 am
FWIW, the event was tuxedo jackets, jeans and boots (http://houston.culturemap.com/newsdetail/02-25-12-rodeo-fever-stretches-to-river-oaks-country-club-and-the-pearl-ball-goes-lite-with-texas-theme/).  I, like many others, erred on the side of formal... (see image #6 in the slideshow).
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: austro on March 01, 2012, 10:13:35 am
FWIW, the event was tuxedo jackets, jeans and boots (http://houston.culturemap.com/newsdetail/02-25-12-rodeo-fever-stretches-to-river-oaks-country-club-and-the-pearl-ball-goes-lite-with-texas-theme/).  I, like many others, erred on the side of formal... (see image #6 in the slideshow).

Hey, Alison's in there! Check out #5.
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: Fredia on March 01, 2012, 10:24:02 am
bow ties are cool
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: HudsonHawk on March 01, 2012, 10:26:38 am
FWIW, the event was tuxedo jackets, jeans and boots (http://houston.culturemap.com/newsdetail/02-25-12-rodeo-fever-stretches-to-river-oaks-country-club-and-the-pearl-ball-goes-lite-with-texas-theme/).  I, like many others, erred on the side of formal... (see image #6 in the slideshow).

In other words, you didn't listen to me.  Let's this be a lesson.
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: NeilT on March 01, 2012, 10:38:31 am
bow ties are cool

Fredia, you are so right.
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: MusicMan on March 01, 2012, 10:44:30 am
In other words, you didn't listen to me.  Let's this be a lesson.

The lesson is: HH will usually have a minority opinion.
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: GreatBagwellsBeard on March 01, 2012, 11:27:49 am
The stonewashed jeans are making me ill.
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: JaneDoe on March 01, 2012, 11:40:14 am
FWIW, the event was tuxedo jackets, jeans and boots (http://houston.culturemap.com/newsdetail/02-25-12-rodeo-fever-stretches-to-river-oaks-country-club-and-the-pearl-ball-goes-lite-with-texas-theme/).  I, like many others, erred on the side of formal... (see image #6 in the slideshow).

I would have to say that the SnSers were the best looking of the group!
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: HudsonHawk on March 01, 2012, 12:49:05 pm
The lesson is: HH will usually have a minority opinion.

Still, he's always right.
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: Noe on March 01, 2012, 01:32:04 pm
Based on your picture Limey, I am assuming you have very little need of your bunk any more?
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: Bench on March 01, 2012, 01:52:10 pm
Based on your picture Limey, I am assuming you have very little need of your bunk any more?

What the hell?
Title: Re: Texas Formal
Post by: MusicMan on March 01, 2012, 02:07:40 pm
What the hell?

I believe Noe's referring to Limey's tendendcy to be in his bunk alone... but yeah, that didn't come out right.