Most of the time, you don't have a reason to wear a tux. And what a shame that is, because I am a fan of formal wear. And men look so hot in tuxes.
And then what happened to dressing your best for travel?
I once went on a trip to the south pacific donning a spanking new tropical weather khaki suit. I wore that suit from San Francisco to Los Angeles to Fiji arriving late at night to moist air. Our bus was waiting and we proceeded to ride another 6 hours into dawn, just in time to catch the 1 hour ferry ride out to the island. The island had no dock or landing area, so guess what? I rolled up those suit pants and took off my traveling shoes. It was wading time. That suit went on with me to Vanuatu and Australia. And after I returned to the states, I sold it on eBay to someone in Wisconsin.
I'd bet about anything that these tuxes are going to have similar adventures. You see they are being worn by my friend Dougie Fresh and his intrepid companion. Their quest: to travel from Asia to England wearing only what they have on in the picture. Introducing, the Tuxedo Travels!
Their site is a bit spare for now, but you can join their mailing list and soon you'll be able to read updates, see pictures and watch their overland route. They even have some videos of their adventures so far. They start their actual route on April 1st (April Fools Day?!). I can't wait to hear what adventures they have. I'm so excited for them, that I'm planning to meet up with them somewhere in Europe - wearing my own tux.
Yay for travel formal wear!
Glad to hear you've enjoyed your formalwear events. I, OTOH...
One frustrating issue I've always had with formalwear -- second behind the inherent physical discomfort of much of it -- is the rather narrowly-defined concept of men's formal clonewear. In constrast, women have a wide and colorful variety of formalwear options...
Somehow, though, the difference has yet to seem worth the surgery involved...
Posted by: Thogek | February 09, 2007 at 11:18 AM
OOH! Thanks for the blog post Heather!
Finally got the finished site up - tuxedotravels.com - wish i could make it for barcamp LA but i'll be sweating profusely in HK instead! (hardly as fun!)
Anyway, much love from the other side of things,
Doug
Posted by: Dougie FRESH | March 19, 2007 at 07:20 AM