Bespoke · Mumbai
The dinner jacket
Midnight blue or black. Shawl or peak lapel. Fitted on you.
Black tie has rules. We know them.
A dinner jacket is the most unforgiving thing a man wears, because everyone else in the room is wearing one too. Fit is the only thing that separates them. Ours is cut from your own pattern, with the silk facing on the lapel, a single button, jetted pockets and a trouser with a silk braid down the side.
Midnight blue reads blacker than black under evening light, which is why the old tailors used it. We will show you both against your skin before you decide.
For the groom, and for the man who is asked to speak
A reception, an awards evening, a black-tie wedding. Tell us the date and we build the schedule back from it, with the fitting early enough to leave room for a second one.
The details
What you decide
Lapel
Shawl or peak, faced in silk satin or grosgrain.
Cloth
Barathea wool, mohair blend for a slight sheen, velvet for a smoking jacket.
Trousers
Silk braid, no belt loops, side adjusters, set at the fitting.
Waist
A cummerbund or a low-cut waistcoat, your choice.
Book an appointment
A consultation costs nothing. Tell us the occasion and the date, and we take it from there.
Questions
What people ask us
Dinner jacket or tuxedo, is there a difference?
Same garment: tuxedo is the American word, dinner jacket the British one. Ours is Italian in the cut, whichever you call it.
Midnight blue or black?
Midnight blue looks richer under evening light and photographs better; black is the stricter choice. We show you both.
Can you make a dinner jacket for a wedding date?
Yes, if you tell us the date first. The schedule is built back from it with at least one fitting on you.