Save me! PC conversion from a Tux jacket

[thescot]

You can buy a tails jacket very easily and have only the tails reworked and the buttons replaced to create a very nice Charlie.

Reworking a tuxedo jacket is going to entail (no pun intended) an awful lot of work. If you find a used tailcoat, you will save a lot of work and time.

[Bugbear]

Still think a tuxedo would make a better Argyle than a PC.

I also think most jackets will need a little alteration to make the upper waist area fit more closely.

[JamieKerr]

www.myowntuxedo.com has lots of tailcoats for very reasonable prices.

Ooh....good find. I bought a jacket from them 5 minutes after reading this.

[MacLowlife]

The seller of this jacket ( on eBay ) has a lot of them. They seem to be midway between regular tailcoats and coatees, with short tails of some (as yet unknown) description...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Black-Tuxedo-Uni...item33583761b0

And the price is very attractive...