The lookbook

Black Tie lookbook

Whatever the invitation asks, here is how to put it together, piece by piece, ready to shop.

The Midnight Dispatch · No. 05

A room, a jacket, and the last drink.

Our field notes on doing black tie the modern way: midnight blue, a softer shoulder, patent that catches the light.

Black tie rewards restraint. A jacket that fits like it was cut for you, a shirt pressed sharp, shoes that mean it. Everything else, quiet.

Tramps, after dark
The looks

Four ways to wear the dark.

Pick your colour and size for each piece, untick what you already own, and add the look in one go.

Black tie, by the book

The Dinner Suit

Black cloth, a white dress shirt, a proper bow tie and shoes with a shine. Nothing to prove.

All 5 pieces$4,289.75

The modern classic

Midnight Blue

Deeper than black under evening light. The dinner suit the people who know choose.

All 5 pieces$2,199.75

Black tie, with a wink

The Velvet Jacket

A jacket with texture, black trousers and a dark shirt. For the invitation that says "creative".

All 4 pieces$1,279.80

Weddings after dark

The Modern Tux

Slim, sharp and finished properly: the tux you will want to wear again.

All 5 pieces$1,879.75

Everything for Black Tie, in one place.

Build your own from every piece we have for it, or let us pull the look for you.

By appointment

Let us dress you for the evening.

Book a fitting and we'll pull the whole look, jacket to cufflinks, fitted and ready when you walk in.

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