Is The Tux Dead?

What do you think and why? I used to wear mine all the time, but now when I ask, I get shirt and tie or aloha wear.... well that comes with the territory. :)

I voted no, but I don't wear a "full" tux. I'm kind of in the middle "tux-wise".

I usually have a tux shirt, bow tie, vest and black dress pants. I don't wear a tux coat and not one of my customers has asked or required me to wear a jacket (I'd burn up in one anyway). They know how I will be dressed ahead of time.

For a couple of events, it has been black dress pants, white dress shirt with a regular tie.

Actually, I wish I could wear my "Hawaiian" shirts all the time..(Chuck, you're a lucky dog!).:sqwink:

I never have been a tux guy.I have always thought it gave DJs a bad stereo-typical image. IMO...thx

3 to 3 tie!!! hummmm,, next?

Sorry...the tux is still here for most formal occasions!

Tux is the norm without a question :)

OKay, you know how I love pics,,, let's see a few tux pics...

The penguin look for me for special occasions. Casual is blue jeans, black shirt, and tux jacket. Crazy is wearing my red velvet jacket w/ white tiger strips.

No Tux for me

Shirt & Tie (Pants Optional)

Just bought a new one the other day. I stopped wearing them for a while and went to suits. I have started offering the option again.

I use a silly approach as to what I wear at a reception. I allow the client to choose. I have been asked to wear a tux, a suit, linen pants and shirt, shorts and flip flops, well you get the point. They pay, they choose my attire. It is ALL about the client.

Jamie

I'm with Jamie on this one. I always ask the client. I would feel real stupid(more than usual) if I dressed up in a tux and the whole wedding party was in tropical attire.:sqeek:

For me it depends on the occasion and venue. For weddings most of the time i wear a tux.

at the bottom of my "Wedding Worksheet" that I use to help plan the day it says: DJ Attire--- Tuxedo Suit & Tie Aloha Wear Or? Circle one

i always let the customer decide.

BTW,
I don't think the tux gave DJ's a bad name. A bad DJ in a stupid looking TUX(or anything else not professional, for that matter) doesn't help anyone, but i find it hard to believe that anyone was turned off to DJ's when the DJ showed up in a nice looking tux.

Dress Slacks, Button Shirt, Tie, Dress shoes.

I offer the tux to clients and every one of them doesn't think its needed here in Kansas....
If I did more high end weddings, then possibly....

I wear a tux for formal events unless otherwise indicated by the client.

never used a tux for exception of my wedding day.

For the most part is a black suit with a vest.

I always wear one :sqlaugh:

But the option is open for a tux, since I am starting to take the wedding market in this area!

I also agree on it depends the event. I however will reject wearing any silly costumes, like per say, bunny suit, banana, hot dog...lol! You get the picture!

But yea, I pretty much will wear whatever my client desires. Wether is a full on "hick" party, or a laid back, baggy pants party. I'll wear what the client is comfortable with.

Adam

Wether is a full on "hick" party,


Now yer talkin' my langerge...thx

Tux isn't dead but bad addressing is... :)

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I am with Jamie also, my clients pick my attire.

Besides letting the customer pick, i think we need to be smart when the customer DOESN'T pick.
Take chuck's pics for example....i would think that most people that get married in Hawaii are incorporating the hawaiin or island theme. In that instance, dressing in a professional way while also having an "Island" vest is classy but fun.

Good Job Chucky!!

Ironically......the ONLY time DJ-MC ever wore a tuxedo???

As a civilian.....

on Maui....

at the Ritz-Carlton (Kapalua), for a formal "black tie" dinner that was sponsored by my wife's company retreat.

Her company paid the $100 tux rental costs! I was very uncomfortable in this getup, but since all the other husbands were doing it, I went with the herd.



as a DJ? NEVER!!! (never been an issue with my customers)

My standard attire at weddings is a gray pinstriped suit & tie, very neatly attired but not too stuffy. I'm comfortable and always get compliments about my appearance from my clients.

We do not give the client the option to choose.

We dumped the tux over 2 years ago (I know my avatar shows me in one...but that's an old pix). We believe we are "entertainers" and, therefore, choose to dress as the entertainment. Presently our dress is black slacks, dark blue shirt and gold tie. With most of our jobs, there is normally 2-5 of us so the outfit looks cool.

Set-up is company polo and slacks.

We have done a couple of hundred jobs since then and never had a compaint.

I did a First Communion Party this weekend. Wore black pants, black tux shirt, black vest with a diamond accent, white bow tie and white sneakers.

Looked dope fresh.

I think you have to dress as you feel you need to........after discussing with the client. When I do Wedding anniversary parties or any party that sets up where the guests are either Black tie or Black tie optional I wear my tux. Even when the dress is business casual attire I will at least wear a suit. By dressing up people don't treat you like the "hired help".......

In my humble opinion........

I'm going to miss my Aloha Wear when we move! :sqembarrassed::sqfrown:

Remember, Illinois is still accepting "hand-me-down" Aloha shirts! :sqwink:


My vote is still no, and I have now switced to nice black dress slacks, white button down dress shirt with our logo stitched on it and a tie, which I lose after all the "formalities" are over with....and of course the sleeves get rolled up, because I mean business...:sqeek::sqcool:

Tux still has it's place for the more formal clients, but we don't market to them.

Looked dope fresh.
Just don't look like a fresh dope! :D

I love my tux but last night I saw a jacket worn by the keyboardist for lynrd skynrd it was black and had gold leaf I would love to find out where he got that from. It was on HDNET if anyone knows please let me know. This pic was taken at an elks lodge type venue for a wedding

What kind of fruit wears a tux? Only my avatar knows, LOL...

Depends on the event...I prefer casual or slacks and tie, but tux is no problem!

I did a wedding as a favor for a friend recently. It gave me a chance to test out using my new laptop and the PCDJ software. I walked in and people were in shorts and flip flops or blue jeans etc. -very casual. I had on black dress pants and a white button down long sleeved shirt with no tie, not exactly what I consider to be very dressed up, more like upscale casual. People looked at me and made comments like "he must be the brains of the operation" etc. I was one of the best dressed people there. You get respect and people assume that you know what you're doing if you look sharp. I have a tuxedo and plan to wear it as much as possible depending on the event.

It almost is for me, because after deciding I hate weddings, I stopped doing them. There's not much call for them at Corporate events (my specialty), but I still keep 2 around. Every once in a while you run into a very formal Bar/Bas/Bat Mitzvah, or New Years party, or even Anniversary ( usually gold or silver) party, or even a corporate installation..

I wear a suit for most events. Less formal events I wear a shirt and tie.

I always ask the client. I do have 1 tux wedding for 2008. 0 in 2007. 8 in 2006

The Tux will never die

I did a First Communion Party this weekend. Wore black pants, black tux shirt, black vest with a diamond accent, white bow tie and white sneakers.

Looked dope fresh.



Tried to delete this because his account is closed but it wouldn't go away. Mark me with an OOPS

Don't delete it because my reply was such a good play on words!

maybe I'll just delete both of yours!!! ;)

I still dress in formal tux when the event calls for it.

Stevie,,, shouldn't you be watching the whales and sunset right now??? LOL

I think tuxes are great on men . . . but I also believe a great tailored black suit can be just as effective.

I have never owned one myself and never will. I don't believe that tuxedos are feminine enough for my body type.

Since making this post, I haven't worn my tux but once! LOL

I have 3 weddings in the next 5 days, non are tuxes!! LOL

In 30+ years of DJ'ing, I never once wore a tux. In fact, the only time I wore one, was my wedding, and it was white, to show off my tan :)


The last 10 years or so, I simple wore "my outfit", which identified me. Very casual, laid back island type stuff -- certainly no tie, and sneakers (always white).

Like Johnny mentioned earlier, I am an entertainer, not a waiter :)


I remember being at a big corp. Christmas party once, and asked this guy in a tux if he could take away my plate, and get me a beer -- turns out, he was the DJ -- I got a chuckle out of it, but apparently he didn't :sqlaugh:

No! Strictly Nordstrom black pants, black vest, shiny black shoes, a bowler hat (sometimes) and open neck shirt all classy clothing - I don't want to look like the guests ;)

Worn mine only twice this year so far.

Alright, what's this thing with black and white...?


Anybody ever hear of colors? ;)

C'mon, ya design yer websites with myriads of colors, yer business cards, yer brochures, the whole nine.

And then you show up looking like a piano keyboard


That's Entertainment...? :sqerr:

Mine only smells like it is dead after two events in a row.

I will ask the client always.

If not a tux it could be shirt and tie, Shirt and tie with tux vest, if casual, I will wear a pair of dark pants and a company polo.

Red or Blue Vest too Rick ;) Or I like a tux jacket and jeans with red Ben Sherman soccer trainers - sort of my Dr Who look or WTF look ;)

Lets see...mmm

There was once when I forgot my TUX and
I felt so bad about it that when the B&G a arrived I pulled the Groom
to one side told him I had to talk to him. After tell him what had happen he said...

Groom: Sh@$% Man, I thought you where going to tell me something Bad...!!!

Lately I have been asking clients if they want me to dress in Tux or Tux attire and their answers have been....No, no, no and no..with a couple of we don't care thrown in for good measure!

Not one client has asked me to wear the penguin suit. :sqbiggrin:

An "Abbotsford Dinner Jacket" is made of flannel.

Survey (amongst my clients) says: tux sux.

I think tuxes are great on men . . . but I also believe a great tailored black suit can be just as effective.

I have never owned one myself and never will. I don't believe that tuxedos are feminine enough for my body type.A tailored suit is what I wear at weddings,but man are they a pain in warm weather:rofl:

An "Abbotsford Dinner Jacket" is made of flannel.

Survey (amongst my clients) says: tux sux.

As the late Richard Dawson would say: "That's the number one answer!"

Guys that wear a tux really dont want to,but feel that they have to.Know what I mean? When was the last time you were the only one in the room other than the wedding party that wore a tux? To me tuxcedos are a thing of the past for entertainers

I tried wearing a tux years ago. I said to myself, self, what the hell am I doing? That was the end of that. No one ever asks me to wear one either. I've had a few ask the question but only because it was on one of those dumb @ss "10 things to ask a DJ" cheat sheets.

I wear my tux for virtually all of my gigs which are weddings.

When I met a B&G for their May 3rd wedding reception a couple of months ago, they said that a suit would be fine instead of a tux.

Yesterday I had my final planning meeting with the B&G. They told me that the bride's mom saw the picture of me in my tux on my website and decided that she liked how I look in my tux, so the suit is out. I'll wear my tux.

Sorry, people, but the tux is in style here in Atlanta! And I really don't care either way...I'm so used to wearing my tux, it doesn't bother me except when my tux shirt has too much starch in it and I can't get the damn tuxedo studs to button in!

My tux makes me stand out, which is fine with me since I am the Master of Ceremonies. I get a lot of compliments on the way I look in one.

My tux makes me stand out, which is fine with me since I am the Master of Ceremonies. I get a lot of compliments on the way I look in one.


That's only because you're a handsome guy! :)

I, too, like Bryan, wear a tux. On our planning information, it clearly gives them a choice and most people pick tux. But I hardly think anyone would complain if I wore a nice dark suit.

just like a suit, you can wear a silly cheesy looking tux, or a stylish formal tux.
the only reason someone would say NO NO NO to a tux is if no one else is dressing up at all...or they've been a a wedding where the dj is wearing a powder blue tux with the big ruffled shirt.

I do find myself wearing fewer bow ties with my tux.

I sincerly don't believe formal wear will ever go out of style....but don't be wearing the same tux in 2028 that you are wearing today.

but don't be wearing the same tux in 2028 that you are wearing today.

Unless it is a retro wedding.

but don't be wearing the same tux in 2028 that you are wearing today.

Unless you're wearing it when you're buried....:sqerr::sqrolleyes::sqwink:

For most of my corporate events - no tux. Maybe a shirt and tie, or black on black. I do wear a tux for the majority of my weddings.

Andy

I wore a powder blue tux at my prom. :sqembarrassed:

mine was burgendy (sp)... I was cool!

I wore a powder blue tux at my prom. :sqembarrassed:

Wonder if the Dolphin Grey Miami Vice line with shawl collar & a light pink bow tie beats that?

Long live the '80s!:sqcool:

ahhh. Remember the Miami Vice look? Cotton jacket, tee shirt, and no socks. I used to be soooo cool.

Yes, tux is dead. And the tie is slowly dying too. At least here in Toronto.
High quality suit, nice shirt and the latest Italian shoes is a must!
My outfit cost more than my speaker!!!

By the voting I'd say the Tux is diffentaly NOT dead! Long live the Tuxedo!!!!

I don't wear one, ever...I believe that no vendor or guest should be better dressed than the bride and groom.

Sorry...the tux is still here for most formal occasions!

Whats wrong with a suit?

OKay, you know how I love pics,,, let's see a few tux pics...

You have a Pimp Mobile To go with that outfit too?:sqwink:

No tux for me. I wear a nice pair of gray dress slacks with a slight blue pinstripe, a white button-down shirt, and a tie.

I will wear my jacket when I meet the wedding party to line them up but once the festivities get started, the jacket comes off.

I will usually try to find out what the colors are for the wedding, and try to find a tie that will go well with their colors.

Use your salesmanship to get the answer you want. If you want to wear a suit instead of a Tux you say something like this to the client. "You won't mind if I wear a suit would you?" or "Its OK if I wear a suit, right?".
What if you ask them what should you wear and they come back with "All the men are wearing Sky Blue Tuxes" :sqembarrassed: who you gonna call? LOL Ghostbusters! :rofl:

Yes, tux is dead. And the tie is slowly dying too. At least here in Toronto.
High quality suit, nice shirt and the latest Italian shoes is a must!
My outfit cost more than my speaker!!!

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