How to wear formalwear

Jacket

• Coat sleeves should fall at break in wrist when arms are down at side.

Pants

• The perfect length pant leg breaks slightly on top of the shoe and angles a bit downward in back.

Shoes

• Black dress socks and shoes should be worn with a black or dark-colored tuxedo.
• White socks and shoes should be worn with a white tuxedo.
• If a shoe requires laces, they should be strung in a horizontal fashion.

Accessories

• Cummerbunds are worn with pleats facing up.
• Shirtsleeves should extend just beyond jacket sleeves (about on-half inch).
• Cuff links should match studs.
• A boutonniere should be worn on the left lapel and tilted slightly outward.