What is your son wearing to the MMS 8th grade dinner dance?

I'm trying to get mine to wear a suit. His older brother did and he looked so sharp.

[edited for apologies replacing original post of a poor joke...]

Not nice Lanky

emmie said:
Not nice Lanky

I know, hence the redaction before your and other posts. I would think nice slacks with funky shirt and tie would go over well. Kids won't wear a jacket but for a minute anyway so no suit.

A quick search of 8th grade pictures produces groups of girls in prom to cocktail dresses. Any boy at the same event should have on a jacket and tie. A suit may be worn, but at the discretion of the boy. Some enjoy the formality, others reject it.

I'd work on the margins and leave some decisions in the middle to the kid's preference: suit vs. semi-formal, bow tie vs. four-in-hand, suspenders vs. belt, pocket square or not AND pocket square matching shirt or tie (it's a controversy in some circles), audacious socks (there's not really an "or not" anymore), etc.

If he REALLY doesn't want to get dressed up: blue blazer, white or blue shirt, tie and khakis. He needs to learn that this is the uniform of survival. It's the minimum and he HAS to wear it sometimes.

jersey_boy, HAS to wear it sometimes? I haven't worn a jacket and tie in over 50 years. Khakis and a nice shirt should do the trick. Sorry meand, sometimes boys just don't want to wear ties, suits, sport coats.

Good luck.

Our kid wore a light sports jacket (linen), dark slacks, white shirt and tie.

As a chaperone of numerous school dances, I highly recommend having your son's name marked in his blazer or sports jacket. It will be taken off, draped over the back of a chair, as will everyone else's blazer.

Every year at the end of one dance we would have a few leftover navy blue blazers. None of these were the same size as the young men looking for their lost blazer. . .

I'm hoping my kid will wear pants, frankly.

In the past my kids have done fine with khakis, shirt and tie if they don't want to wear a jacket. (As another poster noted, the jackets are taken off in the first three minutes and have a tendency to get lost.) Also, neither my daughter nor any other kid I know wore a prom dress to this event. Definitely a dress, but (as the letter home noted) this is NOT a formal event.

Speaking for SOMS (though j expect it to be similar), some girls are looking at some serious dresses for this thing. Maybe not prom glittery, but Bloomingdales/Saks dressy. ctrzson has a few options, likely involving a bowtie and blazer. And party pants, of course.

Yes, the communication from the school said shirt and tie, and nothing about a jacket. And that seems to be what friends are wearing. I seem to remember some girls being pretty dressed up when my oldest went to his dinner dance. But girls are different. Any excuse to put on a pretty dress.

I was just hoping to find some others who are wearing suits so I can say "see, other kids are wearing suits!"

Looks like I'm going to lose this one.