NEW YORK — Special occasions require special occasion clothes — and many people treat New Year’s Eve as if it’s the biggest, most important night of the year. So, if there’s ever an evening to pluck ...

Simple, elegant and timeless, the tuxedo has long been regarded as the pinnacle of formal attire for men. Save for the well-heeled and well-connected, however, the paucity of occasions on which it can ...

Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel wears one. Hans Graf at the Houston Symphony does not. The Juilliard String Quartet used to. The Pavel Haas Quartet never did. Like most fashion rules these days, ...

SHREWSBURY - Bobby Vaccarelli, owner of Tuxedo Park in Shrewsbury, did not follow a formal route to get into the formal wear business. After graduating from the University of Maryland in 1967, he held ...

In 2024, plenty of purists will insist, with much tsk-tsking, that the rules of black tie attire have changed. They're wrong—or, at least, not entirely right. How people dress in response to a black ...