How the Most Stylish Guys We Know Are Dressing for a Very Different Holiday Season

The holiday season, flush with yuletide cocktails, black-tie benefits and end-of-year soirees, is the annual Olympics of formal wear. But this year the party circuit will look very different. Which raises the question: Should you still get dressed up when there’s nowhere to go?

“The definition of ‘evening’ has changed so much,” says Bruce Pask, men’s fashion director for Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus. Still, he thinks the impulse to spiff up remains as strong as ever. “Even if it’s dinner at a friend’s or the two of you at home, there’s something about honoring every occasion,” Pask says. It’s a sentiment shared by menswear consultant Tom Mastronardi, who has been suiting up even for the supermarket. These days, he says, an event is in the eye of the beholder: “For the love of God, if we’re not going out to a gala, make your own occasion. Uncork a bottle of something you’ve been saving, put on your best bib and tucker and do the deed.”