Ditchcrawler

Good Evening @Solent Richard Thank you very much.

To be honest, I'll make any starch work with a bit of testing on the bottom rear of the shirt. I'm picking the shirt/s up in Rome from a low cost place that just happens to fit me well off the peg.so I'm not precious about them. Still, I suppose it just makes sense to bring something you consider essential.

Hi, I'm personally a staunch shirt starcher when things start to get a little formal. For me it's a nice little ritual, up there with putting a nice finish on your shoes before stepping into them. Is spray starch something one needs to bring aboard themselves? Or, might one expect to find it in the laundry room or via one's room attendant?

Thank you all. Waistcoat it is.

I won't manage any such feat myself, but I might be able to match my haberdashery to her frock. That would be fun!

I've been reliably informed that white tie is now considered gauche (I honestly would if others were). My intention is to have a bit of fun with this, overdressed is fine. I just want to avoid "comically overdressed". And we all know it when we see it!

I'm usually never spied out of my usual uniform of tweed jacket, brown trousers and brown brogues but a honeymoon is a honeymoon, and to be perfectly honest I'm quite looking forward dressing up a little. To whit I shall be making my last visit this weekend to the Big Smoke before embarking. What to choose, what to choose? Would any gents or ladies care to give their opinion on which way to swing? I understand the bare minimum is a dark sit and tie, but I have no interest in that. I've spent quite enough time selling used cars in that particular uniform, thank you very much.

Thank you! Mine are very similar to post #4, so good to hear. I do have to agree with you on the subject of oxfords v derbys for fitment, but being a Country Mouse they're the only pair of black shoes I own! Not being a dancer myself, what's the advantage of thin leather over rubber for dancing? Mine will be going for a resole before the year is out so I'd say they're plenty thin enough!

Hi all, short time reader, first time poster. The attitude here is one of the main reasons I boked Cunard. We'll be travelling Britannia Class. The gala themes will be black and white and masquerade. A question about my shoes, Would a brogued oxford in black sneak past the formal threshold? Am I to understand that one may take a sensible amount of beverages aboard for consumption in one's stateroom or balcony? How do you guys tip?