Quote Originally Posted by gbmaz View Post
....... Perhaps in the future I will put together a complete black tie formal outfit. .........
Gentlemen, please, black tie is not formal. Black tie is evening wear, or (sometimes called) semi-formal. White tie is formal. In Saxon terms, a tuxedo is "semi-formal" or evening wear. "White tie and tails" is formal.

A Prince Charlie with black tie is evening wear. For formal, you should have a regulation doublet with white tie.... or higher.

And, please also, a wing tip collar is for white tie only. You should not look like you have a ribbon noose around your neck. If black tie, please use turn-down collar so that the black ribbon does not show.

(and, yes, I know that some of this might be controversial, especially in the U.S. where formality is a lost art. So be it.)