David Beckham Knows a Tuxedo Always Looks Best at the End of ...
Saturday was a pretty big one for the Beckhams. In celebration of matriarch Victoria’s 50th birthday, David Beckham and the clan descended on Oswald’s, a London members-only club, to ring in the occasion. And, like most 50th birthdays with an open bar, it appears a pretty wild time was had by all. Romeo, Cruz, et al. mingled with Gordon Ramsay, Marc Anthony, and Jason Statham. Tom Cruise leapt to the rescue of a fallen photographer. And the entire Spice Girls lineup blessed guests with a rendition of “Stop”, complete with choreo. It was a very good night by all accounts.
And it was David Beckham back to his truest form in black tie. Though he's spent the last few years in farmer bro civvies, there's a long tradition of the guy in mega tailoring. At the 2018 royal wedding, he showed up in a custom Dior three-piece morning suit. And then there was his eldest son’s wedding, where he went for a black-tie get-up so sharp—again by Dior—that made classic menswearheads very happy. And for this occasion, it seems Beckham recycled that look once more with a classic black single-breasted peak-lapel tux paired with a pleated white shirt, silk bow tie, and patent black Derbies.
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But it's the candid post-party shots where the suit came to life. The jacket was lost. The party was pumping. The wife was on his back. And while black tie is best recommended in its most traditional form, nothing says after-party like a broken down tux that, arguably, looks even better when it's slightly disheveled. It's quite ‘90s Oscars golden age, when the champagne never stopped and the cigs were smoked indoors and the drivers were pre-booked. In the tightly curated social media age, such candor doesn't happen very often. But now and again, for a huge event, we get a whisper of what the after-party will look like—and Beckham's tux gets a queue jump.
This story originally appeared on British GQ with the title 'David Beckham's tux is booking an Uber for the after-party'
