My Fiancé and I (civilians) have been invited to the Lone Star Marine Ball at Ft Hood TX. The event flyer specifies "Formal Attire". Is this traditionally synonymous with Black Tie (Tux) or is a non-tux black suit and bow tie acceptable? Thank you.

I love this combo. Esp my father's tie and my first pair of nice wingtips (Thursday Aviators previous generation in Mahogany) but still ness a few tweaks. 1) Need to take up jacket sleeves about a half inch. Suit supply already took it up but that's as far as it can go due to surgeon cuffs. Maybe it can be done at the shoulder/arm? (I feel like the rest of the jacket fits great in the chest/shoulder area) 2) My favorite dress shirts (Lands End 17/33) Has now become to small in neck and arm length partially due to growing shoulders. I have a 17.5/35 on order

Looking for an alternative to my regular performance polos. Too hot for long sleeves. What company/style do you recommend for solid-color durable short-sleeve, collared button-down for trapezoid body shape? Thanks

Class in the Moot Courtroom Today. Midnight blue suit, Ice blue dress shirt, Satin steel tie.

So I work out a lot and lost almost 60lbs since last November. Surgery and health with a sprinkle of depression hit hard and did what it does. So going from a XXXL to somewhere at an XL (Ralph Lauren XL, but Lacoste XXL for example because of design weirdness) I’ve had to do some wardrobe refreshing. I don’t care if I’m fluffy, I’m still gonna be stylish. As someone with larger arms and chest/back and still some remaining fluff in the midsection, I find buying good clean stylish shirts especially difficult. Either they end up being huge if we go by neck size two where I’m swimming in the shirts, or they’re tight if I try measurements like chest/arm/waist. I’d love some good recommendations from the community. I have a goal, and that’s to fit into my Marine Corps Dress Blues again.