Difference between a tux and suit?

[CaptaiN_JacK]

ok, so im going to prom this year, and i want to buy a suit, but my date wants me to rent a tux! i dont want to spend $100+ to rent a tux for 1 night when i can buy a suit for less than $150 and have it for graduation etc... but my date is stuck on me wearing a tux, because she says it looks more formal. so i need to know, what are all the differences between a tux and a suit?

[RRfireblade]

Tux=Happy Prom date=Happy Capt Jack after Prom.

[MarkM]

The buttons are material covered (sometimes) and a stripe down the leg and the lapels are shiney. If it is an older style then the lapels will be fringed with a braid of kinds...though that might still be the height of fashion in the states. Well at least that's how ours are. You might want to look for a hire shop that is selling off it's hire Tuxedo's as you can buy them for not a lot of difference from the hire cost, it isn't a problem about buying used clothes as if you hire then you are wearing a tux that someones else has already worn I do own many suits and 3 tuxedos, I actually own more wing collar shirts than regular shirts..that is something I think looks so wrong with a tux that the person wearing it has a regular shirt collar and then wears a bow tie sure you can get the regular collar shirts with fancy fronts but to me they still look wrong.

[Brak]

Originally posted by RRfireblade
Tux=Happy Prom date=Happy Capt Jack after Prom.

fair enough.

the real differences are

Tux: VERY comfortable pants + suspenders
Suit: dress pants

Tux: bow tie
Suit: normal tie

Tux: some sort of ruffles, etc. on the white shirt
Suit: normal button-down dress shirt

those are the main differences, tux jackets are usually far nicer than suit jackets. if i were you id wear a tux to your prom. most likely if you wear a suit youll be one of, if not the, only one not wearing a tux, and youll look like a boob. even worse your date will look bad too. just suck it up and wear a tux

[p8ntball1016]

Originally posted by RRfireblade
Tux=Happy Prom date=Happy Capt Jack after Prom.

suit= pissed off prom date= dead capt jack

[RRfireblade]

A Tuxedo is far more formal than a suit.

You get married in a tuxedo,you go to court in a suit.

Check this place out if your worried about cost.....

http://www.etuxedo.com/

^^^^^^$69.99^^^^^^

[shartley]

[painTech]

pink tux to the prom!

rental tux=fire proof

[p8ntball1016]

Originally posted by painTech
pink tux to the prom!

rental tux=fire proof

nah. id suggest orange or sky blue

[nouseforaname]

well whatever you do DONT get a white tux, you might think it looks cool and that youll be the onlyone that thought to wear one but your gonna get there and raelize that the people wearing the white tuxes look like dolts

[PyRo]

Wear a tux, I have never heard of anyone wearing a suit to prom.
I refuse to wear a bowtie though, I wear a regular tie, I also refused to wear the suspenders, not like anyone can tell if you have them on or not anyway with your jacket on.

Want one of the tuxes I have in my closet? I bet you could fit five of you in one of them . that, and i'm not giving them away

[Python14]

I love wearing a tux. I dart around every single corner with a finger gun and hum the james bond theme. It's great.

Plus, you get to wear a vest.

[CaptaiN_JacK]

if you really think about it, if you take away the stripes down the sides, and the vest, its a suit. and a lot of people dont have the stripe or vest....but i dont really know. my sisters date wore a suit last year with a tie that match the color of her dress, and they made the front page of the newspaper for prom! coincidence that he was one of the few wearing a suit? i think not! lol

[RRfireblade]

You know your right.

Why stop there? If you take away the smooth fabric and the long sleeves........

I think you should go in jeans and a t-shirt.

Jay.

Send me a pic,I GUARANTY you'll make the newspaper.

[Kevmaster]

dude...if the girl wants a tux...you have NO choice...

women = wearing the pants