You don’t have to be James Bond to look good in a tuxedo. You may not want to wear a tuxedo to your wedding, but if you’re having a formal ceremony, then there’s simply no way around it. Your wedding day is easily one of the most important days of your life, and it’s important that you find the right tuxedo for this momentous occasion.

Finding the perfect tuxedo is not an easy task. You have to make sure that all the pieces of your entire tuxedo ensemble look good together. Your trousers have to complement your jacket, and your tuxedo shirt needs to have the right style for it to go well with the rest of your wedding attire. While most grooms focus on finding the killer combination of trousers, vests and jackets, finding the right tuxedo shirt is just as crucial as the search for these other items.

There are many different tuxedo shirt styles on the market. To help you with your search for the perfect tuxedo shirt, we’re providing you with information on one of the most popular tuxedo shirt styles on the market: the pinwale texture tuxedo shirt.

The Pinwale Texture

The word "pinwale" is often used to describe pinwale corduroy, fabric with narrow ribbing. The ribs on the pinwale tuxedo shirt are incredibly tight, so much so that from a distance the ribbing is hardly noticeable. Despite it’s “barely there” nature, the pinwale texture is considered the height of style and elegance when it comes to tuxedo shirt styles.

Pinwale tuxedo shirts may contain ribbing all over, or only on the bib of the garment. Although some pinwale texture tuxedo shirts are made with blends like poly-cotton combinations, most of these shirts are made from 100% cotton.

Cotton is probably the best fabric choice when it comes to pinwale tuxedo shirt fabric. The soft nature of cotton enhances the details of the pinwale fabric, effectively creating a rich and interesting texture that looks great and feels fabulous against the skin. Cotton pinwale tuxedo shirts are also incredibly durable, making cotton the practical fabric choice over blends.

Pinwale Tuxedo Shirt Styles

Pinwale tuxedo shirts are available in basic tuxedo shirt styles. You have the laydown collar, the wing collar and the mandarin tuxedo shirt collar.

The cuff style of the pinwale tuxedo shirt also varies according to the type of fabric used to create these formal shirts. Pinwale tuxedo shirts with poly-cotton blends usually have barrel cuffs, while 100% cotton pinwale shirts mostly have French cuffs.

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