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book a free fittingA Bentex tuxedo is a dinner suit cut to your measurements: satin or grosgrain on the lapel, covered buttons, a braid down the trouser leg, and a cloth chosen from more than 5,000 options at our Sydney CBD or Castle Hill showroom. Prices start from $799, the same entry point as our two piece suits, and rise with the fabric and finishing to $1,699. Allow four to six weeks from the first consultation to the final fitting. We make tuxedos for black tie weddings, galas and awards nights, school formals and race days, and keep your measurements on file so the next one is easier.
If you are weighing a tuxedo in Sydney against hiring one, the sums are simple. Sydney hire shops charge about $250 to $330 for a single night in a tuxedo cut for an average build. A custom tuxedo from $799 is yours for every black tie event after the first, fitted to you and altered without charge as your shape changes. For a groom, the comparison is below, and the tuxedo or suit question has its own guide.
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Pick the CBD or Castle Hill showroom and a time that suits you. Appointments are free and take about an hour.
Bring the invitation. We settle the lapel, the facing, the cloth and the accessories, and take your measurements.
A full set of measurements, noted with your posture and preferences, kept on file for the next tuxedo or suit.
Four to six weeks later you try the finished tuxedo on and we adjust the shoulder line and trouser break on the spot.
The lapel comes first: a full satin shawl or peak, or a notch lapel edged in satin for a more modern line. Then the facing cloth, satin or grosgrain, repeated on the covered buttons and as the braid down each trouser leg. Then the base cloth, a smooth fine wool with no pattern, in black or midnight blue, both correct for black tie. We keep both in the showroom so you can compare them under light before deciding. A low cut evening waistcoat or a cummerbund, a dress shirt with studs and a bow tie finish the look, and all of it is chosen at the first appointment.
A hired tuxedo in Sydney costs about $250 to $330 for the night, is cut for an average build, and goes back the next day. A custom tuxedo at Bentex starts from $799, is cut to your measurements, comes with complimentary alterations for as long as you own it, and your pattern stays on file for the next one. If you expect to wear black tie more than twice, buying works out better on both cost and appearance. If it is a one off, hire is the honest answer, and we would rather tell you that than make you a tuxedo you will not wear again.
Three recent Bentex grooms show the range. Joseph wore a black three piece tuxedo with a shawl lapel and a low cut evening waistcoat at The Grounds of Alexandria (photography by Salt Atelier). Sven chose an ivory dinner jacket with a black satin shawl lapel at Lovedale, with his groomsmen in black (photography by Mr Hendrix Photography). James married at St Mark's, Drummoyne in a black double breasted dinner jacket with a satin peak lapel (photography by Bella Dee Photography). Each is a wedding tuxedo in Sydney made the same way: your measurements, your cloth, four to six weeks. Our wedding suits in Sydney page covers the rest of the party.
Black tie weddings and galas are the usual brief, but the same tuxedo serves an awards night, a charity ball, a school formal or a spring racing carnival with a change of shirt, tie and pocket square. The cloth weight matters: a lighter wool for a November formal or a race day, a heavier one for a winter gala. Bring the invitation to the consultation and we read the dress code with you, then settle the lapel, the cloth and the accessories in one visit. Rush orders are possible when the fabric is in stock, so a formal next month is often achievable.
A tuxedo, also called a dinner suit, is evening clothing, and the difference from a black suit is not the colour. A tuxedo carries silk: a satin or grosgrain lapel, covered buttons and a braid down each trouser leg, with a shawl or peak lapel, a one button front, a dress shirt and a bow tie. Those rules exist because a dinner suit is built to look right under artificial light, which is why a black suit at a black tie wedding always reads as a near miss. When the invitation says black tie, or the event runs into the evening, a tuxedo is the correct answer, and our tuxedo versus suit guide walks through it.
We make the dress shirt too, from a wing tip or turndown collar to a pleated or marcella bib with stud buttons. Fittings run by appointment at 250 Pitt Street in the CBD and at our Castle Hill showroom, and grooms planning a black tie wedding should book a fitting around three months out. To see a finished Bentex dinner suit on the day, read Grace and Joseph's black tie wedding in The Bentex Wedding Edit, and for the groomsmen see our wedding suits page.
Often, yes. Our standard turnaround is four to six weeks from consultation to final fitting, and we take rush orders where fabric is in stock and production capacity allows. Bring your event date to the consultation and we will tell you straight away whether it is achievable.
Tuxedo pricing starts at the same $799 entry point as our two piece suits and rises with the fabric and the finishing you choose, up to $1699. Black tie detailing such as satin or grosgrain facings, covered buttons and a matching cummerbund or waistcoat is quoted at your consultation. See the tiers on our pricing page.
Your first appointment is the consultation and measurement, where we settle the lapel style, facing fabric, trouser braid and button detail, then take your measurements. Your second is the final fitting, where the tuxedo is adjusted on you. Because black tie is less forgiving than a business suit, we pay particular attention to the shoulder line and the trouser break. Alterations afterwards are complimentary.
A tuxedo uses the same base cloth as a fine suit but adds a contrasting facing on the lapel, usually satin or grosgrain silk, with the same fabric repeated on the buttons and as a braid down the trouser leg. The base cloth is typically a smooth, fine wool with no pattern, so the facing does the work. Business suit fabrics, by contrast, are chosen for durability and often carry a weave or pattern.
Both are correct. Midnight blue reads as deeper and richer than black under artificial light, which is where most black tie events happen, and it photographs with more depth. Black is the more traditional choice and pairs with a wider range of accessories. We keep both in the showroom so you can compare them under light before deciding.
If you expect to wear black tie more than twice, a made-to-measure tuxedo usually works out better on both cost and appearance. A hired tuxedo is cut for an average build and returned after one night. Yours is cut to your measurements, kept on file for future orders, comes with complimentary alterations as your shape changes, and is yours for every event after that.
Yes. Women's tuxedos are cut to your measurements with the same satin or grosgrain facings and the choice of a shawl or peak lapel, and we have made them for brides, wedding guests and black tie events. See our women's wedding suits page or book a fitting at either showroom.
Yes. We make the groom's tuxedo and the groomsmen's together so the black matches in daylight photographs, and we keep each set of measurements on file so a late addition is cut to the same specification. Many grooms keep the groomsmen in black suits instead so the tuxedo marks the groom out. Both are made in the same four to six weeks, and wedding parties receive a group discount.
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An ivory dinner jacket with a black satin shawl lapel, a helicopter arrival, and groomsmen kept in black tie at Lovedale. Photography by Mr Hendrix Photography.
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A real Bentex tuxedo, told properly: a satin shawl lapel, a dress shirt with studs, and the low cut evening waistcoat that let the jacket come off for the first dance. Black tie at The Grounds of Alexandria. Photography by Salt Atelier.
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Two rows of buttons, a satin peak lapel and no waistcoat needed. The most formal dinner jacket a groom can wear, at St Mark's, Drummoyne. Photography by Bella Dee Photography.
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Real Bentex weddings from The Wedding Edit. Photography by Bella Dee Photography, Mr Hendrix Photography, Charlotte Fraser Photography and Margan Photography.
