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For the evenings that matter.

A dinner jacket of your own, properly fitted, for this invitation and the ones to come.

The code

What black tie asks.

A dinner jacket, a white dress shirt, a black bow tie, black shoes. The rest is fit.

A man in a midnight-blue shawl-collar dinner jacket, white dress shirt with black studs and a black bow tie fastens his shirt cuff beside a tall window.
November

November comes quickly.

The Marine Corps birthday is 10 November and the balls follow through the month, so it is worth coming in early.

Close view of a man’s hands straightening a black silk bow tie over a white dress shirt with black studs, a black dinner jacket at the edges of the frame.
The rest

Studs, shirt, tie, shoes.

Bring anything you already own. We are glad to help with the details, right down to tying the bow tie.

Laid out on a white ground from above: a folded white dress shirt with a black bow tie at the collar, a black cummerbund, studs and cufflinks in a brass dish, a white pocket square and black cap-toe oxfords.

From invitation to evening.

  1. The invitationTell us the date and what the card says.
  2. The fittingWe settle the shirt, studs, tie and shoes along with the jacket.
  3. The eveningA final try-on, and you take it home ready to wear.

Questions the invitation raises.

Do you lend dinner jackets?

No. We sell black tie and fit it to you.

When should I come in for a November ball?

Share the ball date when you get in touch. We will confirm timing before you order.

The ball is two weeks out. Is it too late?

Ask us. A short deadline may limit the options, and we will tell you what is possible.

What goes with the jacket?

A white dress shirt, studs and links, a black bow tie, and black shoes with a shine.

Before the invitations land.

Tell us about the evening, and we will be glad to help.

We’re preparing to welcome you.

Online reservations open soon. Until then, call us.

A closed green leather appointment book with a brass pen across it and a coiled tape measure beside it, on the shop’s wooden counter in window light.

Reservations open soon.

We are still getting the shop ready, so the fitting book is not open yet. Until then, call us. We are glad to talk through what you have in mind.