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If not for the Oscars, men's formal wear would be a largely forgotten category. So many of its traditional elements—white tie, tails, formal pumps, cummerbunds—have all but gone the way of the dodo bird. But during an awards season that has seen a revival of the classic black-tie look, the penguin suit is flapping its wings a little.
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"This idea of mixing—high and low, sloppy and formal—is still around. But I don't think it's quite as aggressively done as it was," said Robert Bryan, author of "American Fashion Menswear." "Three years ago, wearing sneakers with your formal wear was considered hip. Now people are making some kind of attempt to really dress."
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For the first time in decades, fashion observers say, they're succeeding. "More guys today are wearing a tuxedo that fits—even older actors are paying attention to this," said Calvin Klein menswear design director Italo Zucchelli. Meanwhile, stylish young actors like Ryan Gosling and Jake Gyllenhaal have been unafraid to don a bow tie.
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There's a business element to the renewed attention to detail, of course. For menswear brands like Burberry and Dolce & Gabbana, dressing a star noticeably for an important event is "like having a cover of a magazine," said celebrity stylist Michael Nash, whose clients have included several Oscar nominees.