Royal Blue Wide Peak Lapel Tuxedo Jacket

About this tuxedo

This tuxedo jacket draws the eye straight away with a vivid royal blue in a cloth with a slight shine, so the shoulders and sleeves glow in different bands of light and dark. Against that blue sit wide peak lapels faced in black satin, the points high and sharp, taking up almost the whole upper chest, a detail that makes this jacket far more dramatic than an ordinary tuxedo. It has a single button, a deeply shaped waist, two jetted pockets trimmed in black and four closely set buttons on each cuff. Underneath are a white shirt with black studs and a wide black bow tie.

This is the jacket for nights when you want to be noticed: a gala dinner, a birthday party, a gala night or your company's year-end party. The simplest styling is to keep to a white shirt and black bow tie, add a white pocket square folded to a point, and wear it with straight-leg black trousers and polished black shoes. Every other accessory should be restrained so that the jacket speaks for itself.

For a wide lapel like this one, Mon Amie has to draft the pattern with great care, because the wider the lapel, the more easily any fault at the shoulder and chest shows. The tailor will measure and construct the body of the jacket to your measurements, balance the lapel width to your shoulder width, choose the blue and the sheen of the fabric, and adjust it over each fitting until the lapel lies flat and sits close against the chest.