Winter at The Palace…..

Winter at The Palace…..

Blenheim Palace sets the stage for black tie at its best. From evening wear to dress watches, here are five looks to see in the New Year in proper style that are formal elegant and reliably impressive.

Blenheim Palace has hosted its fair share of black tie parties so where better to showcase this season's evening wear. The formal dress code is the simplest to cater to, and, yet, the one that leaves us looking our grandest. The chances you have got a black tie New Year's Eve party to go to. So to help you ring out a (hopefully) good year in style, here’s five looks and five dress watches that won’t fail to impress.

Gieves & Hawkes Colomb dinner jacket, £950; evening shirt, £245; bow tie, £95; dress trousers, £395, all gievesandhawkes.com Tod’s shoes, £695, tods.com; Deakin & Francis cufflinks, £540, deakinandfrancis.com; IWC Schaffhausen Portugieser Automatic 42, £11,000, iwc.com

Polo Ralph Lauren tuxedo, £1,495; tuxedo shirt, £235, both ralphlauren.com; Crockett & Jones Goodwood Oxfords, £595, crockettandjones.com; Patek Philippe Calatrava Ref. 6119G-001, £29,070, patek.com

Oliver Brown suit, £695; shirt, £99; bow tie, £45, all oliverbrownlondon.com; Crockett & Jones Goodwood Oxfords, £595, crockettandjones.com; Chopard LUC Qualité Fleurier watch, £POA, chopard.com

Huntsman suit, £3,350; shirt, £350; bow tie, £180, all huntsmansavilerow.com; Crockett & Jones Goodwood Oxfords, £595, crockettandjones.com; OMEGA De Ville Prestige 41 mm, £5,400, omegawatches.com

Henry Poole & Co. bespoke dinner suit, £POA; bow tie, £100, all henrypoole.com; Emma Willis shirt, £460, emmawillis.com; Crockett & Jones Overton dress shoes, £515, crockettandjones.com; Asprey cufflinks, £995, asprey.com; Blancpain Villeret Ultraplate, £20,600, blancpain.com

For inspiration, revisit the style icons who showed us how to wear black tie

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