At the Nobel Banquet on 10 December the dress code is white tie. We fit, alter and put together the whole outfit with you – to hire, to buy or made to your measurements, on Odengatan in central Stockholm.
The dress code
The Nobel Banquet and the award ceremony before it are strictly formal. For gentlemen that means white tie and tails – not a dinner jacket, not a dark suit. This is what it consists of:
Orders and medals have set places on white tie. Bring them to the fitting and we will help you with placement. According to the guidance on nobelprize.org, national dress is an alternative to white tie and tails.
Three ways to a tailcoat
Everything is fitted and altered in the shop before you collect it.
For one evening in white tie. Sleeve and trouser alterations, four days' hire and dry cleaning included. Waistcoat, bow tie and shirt are hired separately – we put the whole together with you.
Expecting more formal occasions than this one? With a tailcoat of your own you are dressed for every white tie invitation that comes. Altered by our own tailors – alterations are charged separately.
Allow six to eight weeks from measuring to finished garment, plus time for the intermediate fitting. With a fixed date, book the measuring at least two months ahead – so time is short before 10 December. Call us and ask.
Plan ahead
Three to four weeks before the occasion gives us room to alter without rushing. November and December are high season – come earlier still.
If you are short of time, call us. We will solve it if it can be solved.
In uniform
If the invitation allows uniform, full mess dress corresponds to white tie – it may be worn wherever a tailcoat would be worn in civilian life. We make mess dress to measure for the Swedish Army, Navy, Air Force and Merchant Navy. Uniform work takes longer than civilian garments – book your measuring well ahead.
Questions
House of Steens has no affiliation with the Nobel Foundation or the Nobel Banquet. That the Nobel Banquet is strictly formal, with white tie and tails for gentlemen and national dress as an alternative, is stated in the guidance on nobelprize.org. The details in the list are our own guide to white tie.
We will read the dress code for you and put together everything you need.