Top 60 Tuxedo Quotes

Once, as an experiment, I travelled around the world with a single suit. Before I left, I went to a tailor in Savile Row and asked him to make me a suit that I could wear in any climate and which I could use as a tuxedo, a dinner jacket, a lounge suit and a blazer.

For me, it’s all about the Canadian tuxedo, and maybe a bolero. The province I grew up in in Alberta is pretty much the denim capital of Canada. The first premier of Alberta started Grand Western Garment, which Levi’s bought later on.

Just because you put a guy in a tuxedo doesn’t make him a good guy.

I kind of have a uniform for office parties and Christmas parties. What I do is put on a basic tuxedo shirt with a solid navy or black tie, a tweed jacket, a red pocket square, and some sort of fancy shoe or velvet slipper.

Take opera for example – to go to the opera you have to dress up in a tuxedo and pay lots of money.

I love a woman in a tuxedo, or in a dress, who looks comfortable, relaxed, happy. I’d love to dress Daphne Guinness – she has exactly that attitude.

When the idea of ‘Chopped’ surfaced, it was originally meant to be taped at some guy’s mansion with him and his crazy Chihuahua. A stuffy fellow in a tuxedo was to host, and the losing chef’s dish was then fed to the dog! I am not kidding, I saw it! I think it is genius! Twisted, but genius!

I don’t do many social events in the fashion industry. Instead, I go to things like the MTV awards because that’s where I fit in – wearing a yellow tuxedo and no shirt on a red carpet.

I think the first time I ever wore a tuxedo was when I played at the Talk Of The Town in 1967, because it was a nightclub and that was the thing to do.

Even if I had a tuxedo I wouldn’t wear it to school.

Yves Saint Laurent was my first fashion show. I wore his tuxedo. And Helmut Newton was my first photographer, in 1973. I was really very lucky. I had an amazing career.

In the evening every man looks the same. Like penguins. Women have a special dress for that event; men, the same tuxedo.

I wanted to play piano in restaurants in the south of France. I went there on holiday once and I saw this guy playing in an old tuxedo. He was all disheveled, with a whisky glass on the piano. I thought that was the coolest thing. So what’s happened to me with ‘Twilight’ isn’t really what I’d planned.

Donald Trump was in a tuxedo, standing next to his award: a statue of a palm tree, as tall as a toddler. It was 2010, and Trump was being honored by a charity – the Palm Beach Police Foundation – for his ‘selfless support’ of its cause. His support did not include any of his own money.

Did you ever get the feeling that the world is a tuxedo and you’re a pair of brown shoes?

Jealousy, greed, fear. We’re all full of these things. But also love and compassion. If you saw a drowning baby, it wouldn’t matter if you were wearing a tuxedo on the way to your own wedding. You’d jump in to save him.

Everybody can remember outfits like Celine Dion’s backwards Dior tuxedo… these ‘worst’ dresses become part of pop culture, and we keep referencing them.

Did you ever get the feeling that the world was a tuxedo and you were a pair of brown shoes?

I don’t like fussy evening looks either. For starters, high heels make me miserable. I’ll often pick a flowy dress or skirt. Androgynous looks are another favourite – so a man’s suit, a tuxedo shirt, or tuxedo trousers with a tank top.

I wanted to play piano in restaurants in the south of France. I went there on holiday once and I saw this guy playing in an old tuxedo. He was all disheveled, with a whisky glass on the piano. I thought that was the coolest thing. So what’s happened to me with ‘Twilight’ isn’t really what I’d planned.

I was asked to design the tuxedo for Mr. Peanut. They’re rebranding him. That was probably the most interesting request. I didn’t spend a long time considering it.

I’m quite a tuxedo junkie, I collect them all year round.

Having rain on your tuxedo is a pretty good reminder that you’re not James Bond.

Everybody can remember outfits like Celine Dion’s backwards Dior tuxedo… these ‘worst’ dresses become part of pop culture, and we keep referencing them.

You’re dressed in a tuxedo, you wear a bow tie. A bow tie with a tuxedo is more formal than a straight tie with a tuxedo.

You’re dressed in a tuxedo, you wear a bow tie. A bow tie with a tuxedo is more formal than a straight tie with a tuxedo.

You put a tuxedo on me, it’s like putting a saddle on a hog.

You can have villains like the Penguin, who strut around in a tuxedo with an umbrella, and Poison Ivy and all of the fantastic stuff she does, but unless there’s a bit of a human in there, and unless there’s a credible threat, then Batman himself doesn’t work.

Did you ever get the feeling that the world was a tuxedo and you were a pair of brown shoes?

I’m not afraid of the Canadian tuxedo.

I really like the resurgence of the ’90s vibe, and you can’t go wrong with a Canadian Tuxedo. I never think it’s bad to layer denim, whether it’s colors or shapes.

I’m Canadian, so I’m a big fan of the Canadian tuxedo – that’s what we call it. I wear it all the time.

Did you ever feel as if the whole world was a tuxedo, and you were a pair of brown shoes?

If Mr. Chan ever makes another movie like ‘The Tuxedo,’ it’s American audiences that will see him in court. With ‘Shanghai Knights,’ he has come through with one of his best. This time, it’s personable.

Even if I had a tuxedo I wouldn’t wear it to school.

I have worn a tuxedo, but I have never covered up for respectability politics or to shame other women.

Donald Trump was in a tuxedo, standing next to his award: a statue of a palm tree, as tall as a toddler. It was 2010, and Trump was being honored by a charity – the Palm Beach Police Foundation – for his ‘selfless support’ of its cause. His support did not include any of his own money.

I think the first time I ever wore a tuxedo was when I played at the Talk Of The Town in 1967, because it was a nightclub and that was the thing to do.

In the evening every man looks the same. Like penguins. Women have a special dress for that event; men, the same tuxedo.

He was wearing a tuxedo, and everyone was saying, ‘Rich! Rich! Rich!’ and asking him to sign autographs, and he just looked so composed and suave and handsome, and boom! All of the sudden, I thought, ‘This could be OK.’ And we’ve been together ever since.

Some of us are lucky enough to choose what we wear, and some of us don’t have that luxury, but we all are communicating something to the world around us by what we wear, no matter if it’s sweatpants or a tuxedo.

Just because you put a guy in a tuxedo doesn’t make him a good guy.

For me, it’s all about the Canadian tuxedo, and maybe a bolero. The province I grew up in in Alberta is pretty much the denim capital of Canada. The first premier of Alberta started Grand Western Garment, which Levi’s bought later on.

You can have villains like the Penguin, who strut around in a tuxedo with an umbrella, and Poison Ivy and all of the fantastic stuff she does, but unless there’s a bit of a human in there, and unless there’s a credible threat, then Batman himself doesn’t work.

Bernie doesn’t own a tuxedo.

Did you ever get the feeling that the world is a tuxedo and you’re a pair of brown shoes?

I live in Tuxedo Park, N.Y. and spend time in the West Village, where my wife Elizabeth Cotnoir, a writer-producer and documentary filmmaker, has an office.

I’m Canadian, so I’m a big fan of the Canadian tuxedo – that’s what we call it. I wear it all the time.

That has always been my initiative, to do my own thing and take things that don’t really go together and put them together. Wear a tuxedo jacket with some track pants, whatever I feel like, whatever I think is dope.

I’m quite a tuxedo junkie, I collect them all year round.

I’m not afraid of the Canadian tuxedo.

I don’t like fussy evening looks either. For starters, high heels make me miserable. I’ll often pick a flowy dress or skirt. Androgynous looks are another favourite – so a man’s suit, a tuxedo shirt, or tuxedo trousers with a tank top.

I don’t wear flip-flops, so my casual shoe is a Brooks Brothers tuxedo slipper!

I kind of have a uniform for office parties and Christmas parties. What I do is put on a basic tuxedo shirt with a solid navy or black tie, a tweed jacket, a red pocket square, and some sort of fancy shoe or velvet slipper.

Some of us are lucky enough to choose what we wear, and some of us don’t have that luxury, but we all are communicating something to the world around us by what we wear, no matter if it’s sweatpants or a tuxedo.

Take opera for example – to go to the opera you have to dress up in a tuxedo and pay lots of money.

Once, as an experiment, I travelled around the world with a single suit. Before I left, I went to a tailor in Savile Row and asked him to make me a suit that I could wear in any climate and which I could use as a tuxedo, a dinner jacket, a lounge suit and a blazer.

Audiences just naturally hate me on screen. I could play a role in a tuxedo, and people would think I was rotten. You can do much more with a villain part.