Swooner Justin Timberlake Hits the Mark With His Single Suit and Tie

Justin Timberlake -  "Dressed to the nines." 

"Suit and Tie"– He stuns the crowd when he appears.

Timberlake moonwalks, spins and moves like no

 other – his sensational show has women

 spellbound with his sexy style.

Justin Timberlake, "And as long as I've got my "Suit and Tie" -  Let me show you a few things. Show you a few things about love."

Justine Timberlake returns after six years with a sensational production "The 20/20 Experience" that included a world tour, a studio album and a super hit single "Suit and Tie.  He teams up with Rapper Jay-Z and together they "swoon" the audience with a very sexy performance.  They are dressed in classic three-piece black tuxedos and black bow ties, designed by GQ designer of 2013 Tom Ford, looking about as debonair as possible.  At 33 years old Timberlake can still move on the dance floor crooning with days past "big band" sound.  Unmistakably he emulates Frank Sinatra and the famous Rat Pack.

After a grand entrance leaving the audience in awe he is joined by Jay-Z, an orchestra, and several dancers. He tells the story of dressing to the nines and taking his lady out on the town.  To say that his performance is dazzling is an understatement.  He proves one thing about a man's style - nothing polishes up such charisma like a suit a necktie.  He is the absolute meaning of sex appeal belting out lyrics about love while sporting such a gentleman's look.  It's that sexy tie that says it all.

At the live debut of "Suit and Tie in Hollywood's El Rey Theater women are practically fainting as he belts out the lyrics "And as long as I've got my suit and tie....show you few things about love now that we're in the swing of love."  That distinction of not just wearing a tie but claiming that there is nothing to stop him regarding his romantic quest of the night sets him apart from the average guy.  The necktie is like armor that precludes his strategy from faltering.  He is taking out his lady painting the town red wearing a suit and tie feeling and looking like a million. His confidence certainly does not wane - he is as sure of himself as if he were the king of the jungle.  He just could not croon about love and women while wearing a T shirt ( as long as I got my T shirt ? ) commanding anything at all let alone a beautiful lady.  

Just like the lyrics suggest - he is in control and sure of himself - and that is when women in the real world get weak.  That is because women love men wearing suits and neckties, men with extreme character and style take their appearance seriously.   For proof of this checkout the audience reaction at the live release iHeart Radio Party Justin Timberlake  - Suit and Tie at the El Rey  Theater in Hollywood California   Also check out the Official Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z's "Suit & Tie" Video, Directed by David Fincher below.



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Swooner Justin Timberlake, brings sexy back "Suit and Tie"

[Intro: Justin Timberlake]
I be on my suit and tie shit, tie shit, tie
I be on my suit and tie shit, tie shit
Can I show you a few things?

A few things, a few things, little baby, cause
I be on my suit and tie shit, tie shit
I be on my suit and tie shit, tie shit
Let me show you a few things
Let me show you a few things

[Timberlake]
You ready, JT?

[Verse 1: Justin Timberlake]
I can’t wait til I get you on the floor, good-looking
Going out so hot, just like an oven
And I’ll burn myself but just had to touch it
It’s so fly and it’s all mine
Hey baby, we don’t mind all the watching
Cause if they study close, real close they might learn something
She ain’t nothing but a little doozy when she does it
She’s so fly, tonight

[Hook: Justin Timberlake]
And as long as I’ve got my suit and tie

I’ma leave it all on the floor tonight
And you got fixed up to the 9's
let me show you a few thangs
All dressed up in black and white
And you’re dressed in that dress I like
Love is swinging in the air tonight
Let me show you a few things, show you a few things
Let me show you a few things,
show you a few things about love
now that were in the swing of love
Let me show you a few things, show you a few things
About love

[Verse 2: Justin Timberlake]
Stop, let me get a good look at it
So thick now I know why they call it a fatty
Shit so sick gotta hit and picked up a habit
That’s all right, cause you’re all mine
Go on and show ‘em who you call daddy
I guess they’re just mad cause girl, they wish they had it
My killer, my filler, yeah you’re a classic
You’re all mine, tonight.

[Hook]

[Justin Timberlake]
Get out ya seat Hov

[Verse 3: Jay-Z]
All black at the white shows
White shoes at the black shows
Green card for the Cuban links
Ya’ll sit back and enjoy the light show
nothing exceeds like excess
style got from having the best of the best
is this what it all about?
I met the rest, .. the rant
Disturbing the guests
Years of distress, tears on the dress
Try to hide her face with some makeup sex, ugh
This is truffle season, time for tuxedos for no reason
All saints for my angel, Alexander Wang too

Ass-tight denim and some Dunks
I’ll show you how to do this young
No papers, catch vapors
Get high out Vegas
Who says these devils ain’t looking for trouble
You just got good genes so a nigga tryna cuff you
Tell your mother that I love her cause I love you
Tell your father we go farther as a couple
Didn’t lose a daughter, got a son
I’ll show you how to do this, hun!

Songwriters: TIMBERLAKE, JUSTIN R. / FAUNTLEROY, JAMES EDWARD II / CARTER, SHAWN C. / MOSLEY, TIMOTHY Z. / STILL, CHARLES / STUBBS, TERRY / WILSON, JOHN F. / HARMON, JEROME

Suit & Tie lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

A Men’s Fashion Perspective

Sinatra had a style that was no match for his charisma

“Dressed to the nines,” what exactly does it mean? 

“Snazzy,” said in not so quite a whisper.  Often, this is what a man would hear as he entered a club or restaurant. Such was the common the reaction, for a gentleman wearing ties to over hear. For much of the prior century men had a desire to look stylish, wearing suits and ties - especially socially. This was commonly referred to “dressing up.”

Not long ago, a man had a keen sense of fashion that could rival a woman’s awareness of fashion and the desire to dress accordingly. This appreciation of apparel was not just limited to the aesthetic value of clothes alone, but the quality of textiles, fabrication and craftsmanship. Moreover, the value of what a designer’s name meant let alone just the knowledge of who they were and what qualifications they had were as important as the rooster of the starting lineup for the N.Y. Yankees. Today, it seems like men either don’t know who the fashion designers are, or they just don’t care. The acceptance of casual dress in the workplace, partly due to the dotcom era on the 90’s created a severely diminished appreciation of men’s high fashion clothing.

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A revolution against neckties had gained support that it became a common ideal to dress in what some men called comfortable clothing. The casual Fridays became casual every-day. In Southern California guys working in stock broker firms would show up for work after the morning surf session in surf baggies, Tee shirts, and salt water still in their hair. Many Car dealerships, even large chains decided that a relaxed appearance was OK, and restaurants that required wait staff, men and women to wear neckties adopted the trend and branded clothing with company logos replaced the tie. What had been the signature apparel of fast food eateries and gas stations became a common look for establishments that had table clothes and reservations only policies. Some of hold outs, even signature restaurants and night clubs in New York City were not requiring a necktie for a man to gain entrance. It was as if what had been a standard rule in Miami Beach would be next in reverse, replacing “No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service,” with,”Come in However You Look.” 

God forbid, if the Rainbow Room in New York City atop 30 Rockefeller Plaza on the 70th floor were to shun their "No Necktie - No Entrance" rule - Armageddon could quite possibly be next.  When arriving on the 69th floor the elevator door would open to the entrance to the famous lounge, one floor below the restaurant where it was a wait of several weeks of advance reservations for a table.  This was where the maitre'd would deliver the bad news to men without neckties.   Sadly, I have checked and it is true the Rainbow Room has closed in 2009, another recession casualty.  New owners are considering re-opening this iconic New York City Venue, which is perhaps the greatest view of Manhattan, and a beautiful example of Art Deco design.   Hopefully they will have a necktie required rule.  See wikipedia.org/ Rainbow Room for the story about this restaurant atop 30 Rockefeller Plaza on 50th Street between 5th and 6th Avenue.    In 1930 the "21" Club opened on West 52nd Street in Manhattan where neckties were required for men to enter.   In January of 2009 the popular restaurant and lounge ended it's neck wear policy, something that some men could never have imagined.   They still have a tie drawer with a collection ready to be loaned to men, young and old necktie aficionados.  You may read more here, Club 21 Abandons its Necktie Only Rule..  Any man ever visiting New York could get a necktie on the short notice at almost every corner at a kiosk.  There was a constant need for ties and as always, entrepreneurs would see opportunity.

Neckties surely have lost their way in the maze and confusion of men's fashion, and the very nonchalant manner of modern society.  Is the lack of a man's desire to dress with stylishness another indication of the decline of culture or way of life?  At the very least, men's fashion is becoming less than what many would consider as elegant.   Interestingly enough the word elegant according to Wikipedia is defined as impossible to define cogently, because the word is vaguely and arbitrarily understood. One man's elegance is another man's nuisance - obviously that would depend on the man and his character.  Apparently in the new millennium more and more men are in the opinion that neckties are useless.

In contrast, men wore neckties religiously to work throughout the decades from the turn of the past century, spanning two world wars. Even, men in the blue collar work force were not without their desire to have the distinctive look of character and of serious mind. This would be evident in the fact that non professional men would wear neckties under their coveralls. The professional dress code was suits and ties, although it was hardly enforced attire, rather one that was naturally adhered to. Men just felt the desire to be classy and polished while in employment.  


"Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance." Arthur Ashe

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A statement that could easily illustrate how important dress clothes were to men is the fact that everyman owned at least one suit and several neckties. It was a show of respect to dress in a suit and tie and that respect was reciprocal. As if it were at right of becoming an adult young men learned how to tie ties, as if it were a ritual of adolescence. This was not just a tradition realized within society in which its scope was broad encompassing ethnic boundaries; it was more of life style than anything else.


It was a day when men wore ties because they felt elegant and sophisticated by having an appearance of style. Possibly a result of Industrialization, men clothing had become streamlined with flair and panache. Men were expected to be serious about their lives and their way of thinking. Their attitude and character would be perceived in such manner as a reflection of their style, which naturally created great thought in grooming. “If it looks like a gentlemen, and talks like a gentlemen, then it is probably a gentleman.” It was man’s endeavor not to look like a misfit and fall into the category of being a bum. It was a great feeling to being chic. Men were as glamouress as woman were in a time when being a handsome man meant being “dressed to the nines.”


Now, what does “dressed to the nines” mean? Well, now that you ask.

Although there are many different theories about the origin or reference of this cliché here is the actual meaning of the adage “dressed to the nines.”

Dressed flamboyantly or smartly

THE URBAN DICTIONARY

Phrase that means perfectly dressed in the most fashionable attire. Would most likely be used in evening attire fashion such as being dressed for a formal occasion in which a person would dress their best to command as much respect and attention as possible.

We could tell the black tie event was the most important of the social season. Everyone was dressed to the nines.

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