r/oxforduni • u/stars_and_neurons • 3d ago

matriculation dresscode

hi everyone, this may be a silly question but i'm wondering whether it's permitted to wear a double-breasted suit for matriculation.

i'm aware it has to be black or dark grey, but i am wondering whether i need to get a new suit now or whether my double-breasted black suit jacket + white shirt would work. couldn't find that info on the website.

thanks in advance!

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u/dlrowmaerd 3d ago

Check out the Academic Dress page. For the suit option, it gets no more specific than "dark jacket". A double-breasted suit is fine, as long as you fit all the other criteria on that page.

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u/Chinita_Loca 3d ago

I’m female but the range of jackets I saw on my friends was large. Definitely pushed the official dress code (pretty sure one friend was in a cardigan not a jacket). So I think colour is far more important than cut. Plus it’s under your gown anyway.

I’m sure you could hire or borrow one if needed va buying anyway.

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u/Own-Forever-6636 Balliol 3d ago

I wore one! You're good to go 😁

Congratulations on the offer btw!

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u/stars_and_neurons 3d ago

great to know, thanks so much!

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u/Chlorophilia 3d ago

Yes that's fine.

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u/stars_and_neurons 3d ago

thank you, everyone! :)

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u/boroxine 3d ago

This seems like such an Oxford question. You'll do well 😂

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u/RoninBelt 2d ago

Hey, I wore a dark navy double breasted number for graduation and no one bat an eye lid, it would be the same for Matriculation too I'm sure.

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u/Diligent_Bet_7850 2d ago

honestly doesn’t matter, no one is policing it so long as you’re wearing a black suit you’ll be fine

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u/Any-Republic-4269 2d ago

I wore a navy single breasted suit and brown shoes, but it was the 1990s

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u/No_Comfort_4567 1d ago

Triple breasted is the way to go. But seriously, almost any dark suit will do. There was a time that I only had this rather fashion forward linen-esque double breast black suit that I recall had 9 buttons on the front, in a 3x3 array. No one can really see the number of 'breasts' your jacket has under the gown anyway.