Guys ... Cummerbunds ...

[joggerjayne]

Essential to neatly finish off the trouser top? Or

A bit outdated and 1980s?

[boxtops]

Essential with a dress suit - finishes it off beautifully.

[friedgreentomato]

essential

[joggerjayne]

Mm hmm

[shoota]

Yes with penguin suits but not with lounge suits.

[joggerjayne]

Well no, not with a lounge suit.

[naomi24]

For less formal occasions, not essential, but for the very formal, yes.

[boxtops]

Certainly not a lounge suit, that would be silly.

....and thank you for calling it correctly a cummerbund - small attack of pottiness when people call them Cumberbands, like they do round here.. :-(

[mikey4444]

My valet always recommends the wearing of a cummerbund, and I would hesitate greatly before I disagreed with him on such an important topic.

You should hear him on the subject of wearing tweeds in Town !

[joggerjayne]

Possible reservation ...

Do they make it look as if your trouser waistband is a bit ... "Simon Cowell"?

Do they tend to get scrunched up when the guy sits down?

[Wharton]

1880s more like.

[joggerjayne]

"cummerbands"?

:0o

[shoota]

Ditto waxed cotton coats Mikey.
What is the world coming to?
I even saw some chappie wearing brown shoes with a blue suit recently....

[naomi24]

No, they don't get scrunched up. What's all this about, Jayne? Going somewhere nice with someone nice?

[joggerjayne]

Everyone wears waxed cotton coats everywhere, don't they?

[naomi24]

What's wrong with waxed cotton coats?

[shoota]

Surely a gaberdine Mackintosh is more appropriate when in town JJ?

[The Builder]

Hideous things JJ. Never worn one, and I occasionally play "black tie" gigs with my band.

[The Builder]

^^^ cummerbunds that is :o)

[The Builder]

I'll bet Sqad has one ;o)

[joggerjayne]

Nothing specific, Naomi. Just thinking about ...

Knowing what ABers' senses of humour are like, I'm really reluctant to say that I was thinking about balls ...

But, you know ...