Dallas · Est. 1972
For the Dallasgala circuit
Dallas has a serious charity season. If you attend more than twice a year, renting stops making sense.
Tuxedos sold rather than rented, fitted in Arlington about twenty miles from downtown Dallas. For anyone on the gala circuit the arithmetic is simple: three or four rentals cost more than owning one that actually fits, and a rented jacket never quite does.
What matters
Worth knowing
- The gala season
- Dallas runs a genuinely busy charity calendar. Two events a year is the point at which owning beats renting.
- Midnight blue
- Reads blacker than black under evening light and photographs better. Worth knowing before you default.
- Black tie optional
- Means a dinner jacket is welcome and a dark suit is acceptable. It does not mean a black shirt.
- Book early
- Late fall through spring is busy. Six to eight weeks for something made, more in the run-up to the season.
- Twenty miles
- Down I-30, and easier parking than most of Uptown.
The process
Two visits, not five
- First appointment
- About an hour. Cloth, measurements, and a conversation about how you actually wear the garment.
- Build
- Four to six weeks. Nothing is rushed and nothing is sent overseas without us knowing where it is.
- Collection
- Twenty minutes. Anything needing adjustment goes to Enrique, who works on site.
- Alterations
- Included on what we make. There is no separate bill at collection.
- Afterwards
- Your pattern stays on file, so the next order is a phone call.
Common questions
Formal wear, answered
Is it worth owning a tuxedo in Dallas?
If you attend two or more formal events a year, yes. Three or four rentals cost more than a tuxedo you own, and the rented version never fits properly because it was cut for somebody else.
Black or midnight blue?
Midnight blue, if you are choosing. Under evening lighting it reads blacker than black and photographs considerably better, which matters at events where photographs are taken.
How early should I order for gala season?
Six to eight weeks for something made, and earlier than that between late fall and spring when the calendar is busiest. Leaving it to the last two weeks limits you to what is already in the shop.
Where are you and what are your hours?
100 S. West Street in downtown Arlington, parking beside the building. Monday to Saturday, ten until five, closed Sundays.
Dallas to Arlington
Book with Patrick or Austin
One hour to measure. Four to six weeks to build.
Book with PatrickBook with Austin
100 S. West Street, Arlington, Texas 76010
Mon–Sat 10am–5pm · Closed Sunday
(817) 265-1116