Holiday 2012

Each week through years end Paul Stuart is pleased to offer our very best recommendations in formal attire for all your upcoming holiday celebrations.

This week, to start things off, a fresh take on a classic black-tie staple, the velvet dinner jacket. A must have for any serious swanning around town this season, this double breasted jacket - from our Phineas Cole collection - features slanted pockets that we think lends matters a decidedly sporty edge. We’ve paired it here, rather insouciantly, with a grey flannel pant trimmed with grosgrain; an elegantly eclectic spin on an otherwise everyday cloth. Finally, the pique front formal shirt features a dramatic cutaway collar that provides the velvet bowtie an even greater measure of very Phineas Cole dash.