 What's up guys? I'm Brian Sakawa. You're watching He Spoke Style and today I'm going to walk you through every single detail of what I wore on my wedding day. So I got married last year. My wife Robin has great style, so I wanted everything about what I wore to be meaningful and to be absolutely on point. I put a lot of thought into everything from my tuxedo to my shirt, my bow tie, my shoes, my socks, my cologne. I mean I basically considered every single detail to the nth degree and then some. However it was very important to me that everything was perfect on that day and the wedding was something we would look back on and remember and think not only was it an extremely special and emotional occasion for us but also that we presented the most polished version of our own personal style. So without further ado, let's get into what I wore. I knew that I wanted to wear a tuxedo for the wedding and that I wanted my wedding tuxedo to be super classic but also something on the special side. I wanted it to be classic so I could wear to other black tie events in the future but I wanted some special touches as well because, you know, it was my wedding day. Bottom line is that I wanted it to reflect my personal style which I always say is classic with a modern sensibility. So of course I turned to my great friends at Michael Andrews Bespoke who have been making clothing for me for many years now to entrust them with making this very special garment for me. Fabric is Dormatonic. If you know, you know Dormatonic is the absolute gold standard fabric for tuxedos. I went with a four by two double breasted jacket full canvas with dramatic four and a half inch grosgrain peak lapels. Double vent which was an intentional departure from what would be considered classic or proper which would be no vent and lined with a subtle black paisley silk lining. The shoulder is roped and was deliberately given more structure as my tastes have continued to evolve in this area plus when you're talking about formal wear more structure is generally a good rule to follow anyway. Pockets are jetted with grosgrain trim. Button facing is grosgrain, fore on the sleeve. However I chose to make the breast pocket self-facing as I did not like how it would have competed with the lapels and obstructed the line if it were also in grosgrain. One interesting flourish that I want to point out is the cuff here. Now rather than a plain cuff I chose a gauntlet or a turnback cuff and this choice was as much a nod to one of my earliest sartorial heroes, Sean Connery as James Bond as it was one other detail that would make this a very special tuxedo. One thing that I think is really interesting about Bond and the gauntlet cuff is that in Doctor No which is the very first James Bond film before we even see Bond's face and hear him say those three iconic words Bond, James Bond. We see the perfect gauntlet cuffs on his tuxedo jacket so just a little bit of personal nostalgia that I was trying to bring to this special day. Now let's talk about the trousers which again are a mix of classic and contemporary. Plain bottom with a grosgrain stripe, suspender buttons. The waistband has a hook and eye closure which fastens near my hip bone and extends up two inches and rather than a plain front I decided to do a single pleat. The pleat for me was sort of a refined and elegant touch. Okay next let's move quickly to my shirt. The shirt I wore with my tux and I say it with my tux because I did change into a dinner jacket for the reception is bespoke from Edward Sexton. I had my friend Dominic who is the creative director at Edward Sexton make me a classic Marcella Bibb front shirt with French cuffs and a pure white cotton. Bow tie, well those who know know that the best bow ties in the world come from Lanue Papillon in Sydney, Australia. My friend Nicholas who owns Lanue Papillon sells precut bows but he also does bespoke work as well which was good news for me because many of the precut bows are just a bit too wide for my narrow face. So knowing this was a special occasion Nicholas cut me a bow in premium grosgrain in his modified butterfly pattern. Underneath the jacket you'll see the braces I wore were just very classic Brooks Brothers black formal braces. Cumberbund, now I considered going all out with a Charvet grosgrain Cumberbund but if you've ever priced a Charvet grosgrain Cumberbund it is very expensive so instead of going completely all out I chose a slightly more economical option from Turnbull and Asser. I will say though that if you are really looking to do it right that you should not hesitate to shell out some money for a quality Cumberbund. During my search for the perfect Cumberbund I held many many limp grosgrain Cumberbunds in my hand and there's just something special about one that is made with a quality fabric. It just has a structure and a heft to it that makes it feel like you've really done it right. Pocket square, well although I couldn't find a nimme to pull the trigger on a Charvet Cumberbund I did furnish myself with a Charvet silk pocket square watch. Now I really believe that there are only a handful of watches that really look right with a tuxedo it's got to be time only bonus points if it doesn't have a second hand and for me it should be in yellow or rose gold. Now I personally do not have a watch like that in my collection but if you follow me on Instagram you know that I had the honor of working with Vacheron Constantin all last year and they were kind enough to provide me with one of the most elegant and special pieces in their entire collection the Historic Ultra Fine 1955. I don't have the watch with me for this video so we're just going to cut away to some beautiful photos of it from the wedding day really not much to say about this watch other than that it is simply one of the most elegant watches I have ever worn and not to mention quite possibly the perfect watch to wear with a tuxedo. My cufflinks are the gold love knots from Brooks Brothers and the stud set is by Kodis Maya. My shoes are the patent Henri by Belgian shoes NYC and socks you know if you're going to do black tie the right way you have to wear the right socks which means they have to be silk mine are from Vishani on my right hand I wore a bespoke signet ring with my initials made for me by the exceptional folks at Rebus. Now fragrance let's talk about that the final detail of any outfit was more or less up in the air until the day before the actual wedding you know choosing the correct fragrance is dependent on a variety of things including the season the time of day and the weather and for me the weather actually played the biggest role in making my final choice so the forecast was for a very hot and muggy day Robin actually requested that I wear black afgano by Nassomato as it has a special significance for both of us but I decided that it was going to be much too overwhelming especially with all the humidity that was forecast for that day so in the end I decided that the right choice was Creed's spice and wood it's a pretty dry scent which I felt would cut through and stand out if it was muggy but not be overpowering it's also a very elegant fragrance which definitely fit the occasion and the dress code plus it's masculine in the most sophisticated way possible so that was my ceremony look and I actually did a little bit of a switch for the cocktail hour and reception let's take a look at a couple of those details the biggest change was that I swapped out my tuxedo jacket for this off-white dinner jacket from Edward Sexton now I've known Dominic the creative director from Edward Sexton for a number of years now and when I told him that I wanted to commission a dinner jacket for the wedding he was flattered and also a little bit surprised his first question to me was are you sure that you want to do such a strong shoulder for your wedding and of course the answer was yes as I said I love more structure when it comes to formal wear now if you couldn't already tell the inspiration for this dinner jacket came from one place of all the gin joints and all the towns and all the world yes rick's jacket from Casavlanca and I know I'm not the first to be inspired by this iconic piece of movie menswear and I will surely not be the last but I am very proud to have an extremely special version of that jacket cut specifically for me by two of my friends from across the pond this jacket is deliberately classic doesn't have a vent and it has a fuller cut with the dinner jacket I also switched up my shirt which was also made for me by Edward Sexton it's a bit more modern with a fly front and in an off-white cotton now I chose off-white because the dinner jacket is cream colored and pure white was just a little too electric against the cream but as you can see the off-white is a very nice complement to that and finally I did switch up a few more items my white braces are by Albert Thurston I replaced my white charvet pocket square with an off-white one hey I told you that absolutely no detail was overlooked here and instead of the patent Belgian shoes and YC loafers I changed into this black suede pair and scene so that is everything that I wore on my wedding day as I said I put an extreme amount of care into considering every single piece and I feel like every decision I made had some purpose and some weight as well as some very personal aspects to them it was an absolutely extraordinary day and it could not have been more perfect I mean look how beautiful my wife is look at her so thank you for letting me share that with you it was it was very important to me and if it inspires you in any way that is truly humbling thumbs up if you like this video hit that subscribe button and until next time thanks for watching and stay tailored