Rental Tuxedos: How Bad Are They? - Honest Reviews of Men's Wearhouse, The Black Tux BLK, Menguin

About this video

The Gazette team rents tuxedos from three major companies—The Black Tux, Men’s Wearhouse, and Menguin—to test whether rental formalwear can fit reasonably well without tailoring. They find that renting consistently falls short due to poor fit, construction quality, and failure to uphold traditional black-tie standards, ultimately recommending that viewers purchase secondhand or vintage tuxedos instead and have them tailored.

Key takeaways

• The Gazette team argues that owning a tuxedo—even secondhand—and having it tailored is more cost-effective and results in better fit than renting repeatedly, since ownership encourages wearing it multiple times.
• The Gazette team found that all three rental companies failed to deliver proper black-tie styling, instead offering trendy alternatives with incorrect details like side vents, flapped pockets, and polyester-faced lapels rather than silk.
• The Gazette team rates The Black Tux highest (3/5) for construction and design details, Men’s Wearhouse lowest (0/5) for poor measurements and unflattering fit, and Menguin at 1/5 for cheap materials and loose construction, averaging only 1.3/5 overall.
• The Gazette team recommends shopping for vintage or secondhand tuxedos on platforms like eBay, learning your ideal measurements, and prioritizing fit in areas like shoulder width that are costly to alter.

Episode details: published November 18, 2019 · 86K views · 28:07 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The style guidance summarized here is the Gentleman’s Gazette team’s own teaching and opinion, presented for education; product recommendations are theirs, not ours. Summaries are written by Self Growth Videos from each video itself.

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