White Dinner Jackets

[Anonymous]

I am from the UK. I have attended one white tie event there, but they are now extremely rare. I rented it because I knew I would never wear it again.

[Anonymous]

No, seersucker is very formal. I've seen people wear seersucker to summer weddings. This is why I'm asking what the difference is between a white dinner jacket and a seersucker suit? If anyone could answer that?

[Anonymous]

Seersucker is informal, beach wedding. Linen suit is Mississippi black tie white tie and white dinner jacket are evening only formal. Seersucker can be worn all throughout the day and on a variety of occasions unlike white tie or white jacket

[Anonymous]

Yes, seersucker is pretty informal. Wearing it at a wedding doesn't make it very formal; people have informal weddings. A white dinner jacket is a form of tuxedo; there are occasions where one wears a tuxedo. One does not wear seersucker to such events. (Unless one is aiming to be the charming, sotted rogue.)

A white dinner jacket may be worn to summertime black tie events. As other PPs have explained, white tie is a very different thing from white jacket--it is the highest level of formality. (It involves a black tailcoat, and a white piquet shirt, tie, and waistcoat (vest).) There are some who contend white tie is appropriate only for events of state. There are of course NY and New England socialites who would beg to differ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, seersucker is pretty informal. Wearing it at a wedding doesn't make it very formal; people have informal weddings. A white dinner jacket is a form of tuxedo; there are occasions where one wears a tuxedo. One does not wear seersucker to such events. (Unless one is aiming to be the charming, sotted rogue.)

A white dinner jacket may be worn to summertime black tie events. As other PPs have explained, white tie is a very different thing from white jacket--it is the highest level of formality. (It involves a black tailcoat, and a white piquet shirt, tie, and waistcoat (vest).) There are some who contend white tie is appropriate only for events of state. There are of course NY and New England socialites who would beg to differ.

And: black tie (dinner jackets) is only for after 6 PM.
White tie is obviously for after 6 PM.
Morning coats and cutaways are for formal daytime events.

[Anonymous]

Yep.

Though if cocktails in the garden start at 5:30, I may be there in my white jacket.
Wouldn't want a fashion rule to keep me from that first gimlet.

[Anonymous]

Linen suit is Mississippi black tie.

Nice!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, seersucker is pretty informal. Wearing it at a wedding doesn't make it very formal; people have informal weddings. A white dinner jacket is a form of tuxedo; there are occasions where one wears a tuxedo. One does not wear seersucker to such events. (Unless one is aiming to be the charming, sotted rogue.)

A white dinner jacket may be worn to summertime black tie events. As other PPs have explained, white tie is a very different thing from white jacket--it is the highest level of formality. (It involves a black tailcoat, and a white piquet shirt, tie, and waistcoat (vest).) There are some who contend white tie is appropriate only for events of state. There are of course NY and New England socialites who would beg to differ.

And: black tie (dinner jackets) is only for after 6 PM.
White tie is obviously for after 6 PM.
Morning coats and cutaways are for formal daytime events.

Thank you.

A seersucker suit is like any other suit: a suit. Appropriate for day or evening affairs that are not formal. The only difference is that seersucker is a summer fabric and should not be worn after Labor Day and before Easter (or Memorial Day, depending on the region).

[Anonymous]

Actually, I think of seersucker as even less formal than a regular suit -- worn (only for social occasions, not business. I would never wear seersucker to the office or to court. (Unless I were practicing in TN, AL, MS, or LA, and even then only if (a) my family had been there since before the War, or (b) I owned hunting property together with the judge.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, it's a real thing. White tie is more formal than black tie. I grew up in the south.

White tie is more formal than black tie, however white tie is not the same as white dinner jacket. White tie is a tail coat, white "vest', and a white tie. The shirt is a little different than a standard tux shirt, too.

During the summer months (Memorial Day to Labor Day), gentleman may wear a summer dinner jacket, either white (cream really) or a plaid.

A waiter's jacket should be shorter and trimmer than a dinner jacket anyhow.

This.

Most of the other posters don't have a clue.

[Anonymous]

Remember in Downton Abbey when Lord Grantham goes into conniptions seeing the younger men coming down to dinner in tuxedos instead of dinner jackets? Oh, the horror!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually, I think of seersucker as even less formal than a regular suit -- worn (only for social occasions, not business. I would never wear seersucker to the office or to court. (Unless I were practicing in TN, AL, MS, or LA, and even then only if (a) my family had been there since before the War, or (b) I owned hunting property together with the judge.)

I agree with this. I am from one of the mentioned states with a family history.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Actually, I think of seersucker as even less formal than a regular suit -- worn (only for social occasions, not business. I would never wear seersucker to the office or to court. (Unless I were practicing in TN, AL, MS, or LA, and even then only if (a) my family had been there since before the War, or (b) I owned hunting property together with the judge.)

I agree with this. I am from one of the mentioned states with a family history.

The judge I clerked for in Maryland wore seersucker suits to work in the summer. He was really old school New England gentleman, and people did wear seersucker to work in the summer -- before there was air conditioning. Of course, he was a partner at a law firm and then a judge, so he could kind of wear whatever he wanted.

[Anonymous]

^^--^^

I should add, I don't care if you wear seersucker to the office, just don't wear it with brown leather shoes! Argh!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^--^^

I should add, I don't care if you wear seersucker to the office, just don't wear it with brown leather shoes! Argh!

White bucks.