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So on our upcoming trip oop Norf , there is the 3rd dress code option, Jacket required, which is 6 of the 14 nights, 2 formal and 6 smart casual
According to the cruise blurb we received, this is either a suit with or without a tie and/or trousers, shirt and a jacket.
So do the male members ( snigger) of this forum take lots of jackets or just one or two? or is a suit the best option as the jacket can be stolen for other nights?
I don't want to pack an extra 3 jackets when I can get away with a suit and a one jacket
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To be honest - I would just take your suit and 1 jacket. As long as your jacket matches your shirts and tie (optional) why fill your suitcase with unnecessary clothing. However, some fashionista's will be horrified at this suggestion but unless you are a designer freak, why worry. Most people will be looking at your female companion's outfits, not at you, anyway!

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I must be a freak then ! I usually take as much as I can cram into my suit carrier, normally a suit plus 3 jackets and a selection of trousers to mix and match. But then I do wander around looking like a refugee from Burton's window !!

Anyways, who says the lovely laydees won't be ogling me ?!

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Hi Darkdresser....l could probably get away with taking just one jacket cos l look good in whatever l wear...you my friend should think about taking both a jacket and suit.

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I thought the Dark One usually travelled with a cape ?!


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Is this P&O and if so, are they still doing Jackety nights?

In my experience (P&O) a jacket can be anything that has a collar and sleeves. On Azura in the Caribbean a lot of us had been told that a shirt and tie was adequate but it wasn't the case and many of us turned up wearing the top half of our dinner suits. Some men just had a big cardigan.

I didn't see any big girls' blouses.

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I seem to recall he's going on a tugboat with C&M

I know how much you like dressing up QBob !!

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QB is correct, its CMV which if you believe the blurb, is traditional British cruising, you know like Pando used to be before it went down market and standards slipped to the level of Butlins at Sea
Maybe 1 too many clichés there but you get the gist ;-)
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Dark Knight wrote:
According to the cruise blurb we received, this is either a suit with or without a tie and/or trousers...........
What! A suit with or without trousers! What kind of cruise is this? :crazy:

We saw your ship of choice in Madeira last week. Looked a bit of a tub. You'll love it. :thumbup:

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Thanks Merv
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You're welcome. At least it's not Calamity

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We were anchored next to one in Scilly last summer - looked a right wreck if you ask me !

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I believe this is the fashion trend this year on CMV

Having had a gander at the ships this should go down a treat at the Captains cocktail party and deck quoits according to my tailor :thumbup:
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I want one! Where can I get a jacket like that?

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qbman1 wrote:
I want one! Where can I get a jacket like that?
TMM had a few of those I recall :lol:
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qbman1 wrote:
I want one! Where can I get a jacket like that?
Have you checked your wardrobe?

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It's bricked up - the first wife is in there !

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Unless it specifically says "suit", I just take a blazer
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darkest one on the 2 occasions we went with c&m I took a suit and jacket by the way we loved the ships and had a really good time.
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Silver_Shiney wrote:
Unless it specifically says "suit", I just take a blazer
I usually take a DJ and either a suit and 3 jackets or 2 suits and 2 jackets....but then I'm just a clothes horse !!!

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1 DJ, 1 Suit, 1 jacket, if its not enough then we are off to the buffet
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Where's your sense of fashion, man ?!

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don't have one, leave posing to posuers
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You could always do what a young lass I saw many years ago did - get a shiny black bin liner and cut holes for arms and head :crazy:
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Its not a Pando cruise, SS, so no chavs and oiks allowed
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