Aha! Found it.
I don't see a lion on the silk lining part at all.
I have no idea why the concern over whether midnight blue looks blacker than black persists. I want people to know my dinner jacket is blue. If I want someone to think it's black, I get a black one.
There is absolutely nothing wrong and everything right if people notice your tuxedo is blue, that's why you should face it with black. Why? Most slobs will never notice and the ones that do will love the blue one and know all about it's charm. Are there a few weirdos who might tell you it's wrong to be able to see its blue? Maybe, but theyre probably operating off of a misunderstanding they learned from someone else and have no idea what theyre talking about.
But I thought the whole point was that midnight blue was supposed to be "blacker than black" or that was supposed to be the desired effect. I used to have a midnight blue tuxedo and it looked nothing short of black, to me at least, no one else ever seemed to notice the difference or maybe they were just a bunch of "slobs".
I don't really see wearing a midnight blue tuxedo as being "in the know" or special, it is simply a conventional color for a tuxedo, albeit, not as popular as black. Maybe a white DB dinner jacket in the summer would be special, at least these days.
What would be special would be a brown dinner jacket.
What maker carries the best choices for MB smoking jacket cloth?
Check the Lesser book.
Im wearing the vested midnight blue dinner jacket with the scarf lining (featured on the 1st page of this thread) tonight to dinner. Im wearing it with pumps and itll be interesting to see if anyone says anything to me.
I also have to tote around a camera, keys, cigar and a glock, where the devil am I to put it all?
Mr. Buff-
I recently got a HF M-T-M tuxedo in navy based on your opinion on this informative thread. Do you like a cream tux jacket also and do you think that mid-night blue pants or black go better here?
Thank you for your time.
-Arthur