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The Tonal Brown Tuxedo
For: Black tie where you are allowed to be interesting
Brown evening tailoring is still rare enough to register and old enough to be correct. Keep the shirt and shoes disciplined and nobody reads it as a costume.
- Colour
- Tobacco brown
- Cloth
- Matte brown mohair-wool with a self-faced lapel
- Cut
- Jacket to mid-seat
- Detail
- Self-faced lapel, textured cloth
Indicative UK market range: £750–£1,300
On your frame
- Broad / muscular — Keep the lapel and the shoulder soft; brown shows structure more than black does.
- Tall and lean — Longer jacket, and a trouser with weight at the hem.
- Compact — Medium lapel — a wide shawl shortens the torso further.
- Fuller figure — Single button, shawl collar, and a waistcoat rather than a cummerbund.
What to do next
01 — The introduction
If this is the shape you want, tell me the occasion and date and I will point you at the right house for it.
Tell me the occasion, the date and your budget bracket. Within 24 hours you get back: two or three houses I would actually approach and why those and not others, the alterations to insist on for your build, a realistic timeline for your date, and a short written brief you can hand to the tailor at the first fitting.
- No fee, no commission, nothing sold here.
- If nobody I trust fits your date or budget, I say so.
- Read by me, answered by me.
02 — If the date is further off