A Package From Phoenixville, PA ...

[fluter]

well, sounds like you already got your tie, but JC Penny has a tux shirt, black tie, and the little black button embellishments for $27.

That I'd like to see. . I have never noticed formal wear at our Penney's stores. Hmmmm, nor did I know that Warner has a line of foundation garments called "Tuxedo."

... did you find a Menswear store selling real-honest-to-goodness-no-stupid-clip bow ties?

Failing locally--and believe me, I've seen some odd bow ties in shops--- I rely on beautiesltd.com (Beau Ties, get it? (groan)). Should you require a partridge in a pear tree on a bow tie, they can fix you up; but they also have the classics.

[bunchdescendant]

That I'd like to see. . I have never noticed formal wear at our Penney's stores.

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I did some checking to find the shirt set (shirt, tie, cummerbund) was supposedly available in my local store. Go figure. We sure didn't see them.
I would like to point out the tie in the set was polyester and the one I scored is silk.

The Tux combos and separates listed online and in the catalog were not in the stores, however. (Newpark Mall in Newark, CA and Southland Mall in Hayward, CA) This might be different in other areas of the country.

Did find a very nice dark purple long tie in Macy's that works with my Heritage Of Scotland tartan kilt that came from MacKinnons Kilts.

Ray