Sadly, I think that is true...except for Sostanky apparently.

I'm sorry, but I think you have it wrong. A good liberal arts grounding is valuable to everyone including STEM majors. I do a lot of hiring for a technical job and I see a lot of resumes. Those with only science and math classes without humanities courses will automatically often start out with a strike because I'm…

To correct myself, Tom Ford is pretty close and a couple others got the waistcoat right. All said though, it is nice to see men go all out for once.

I agree. There is a subconscious detail in feeling comfortable in your clothes. Many men feel a little uncomfortable in black tie let alone the extra details of white tie. It looks like Cumberbatch is wearing clothes while Ford is wearing a costume (even if more correctly worn). Still, nits aside, I appreciate it when…

I would disagree. re the waistcoat The original point was that the transition between jacket and trousers would be seamless. That is how they were originally designed. I would say that modern dressers are the ones that can't get it right because wearing formal dress is so rare. That said, he overall did a very good…

I love Cumberbatch, but Ford is more correct stylistically

Gloves aren't required, but still Ford did satisfy more of the requirements of white tie

ok, I'm probably a snob, but I haven't seen anyone yet that wore white tie correctly including Mr. Cumberbatch (though I am a big fan of his)

actually, he didn't do it quite right, no part of the waistcoat should show on the sides of the jacket