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" &amp;quot;Jon Hamm looks the way Republicans think they look,&amp;quot; joked SNL&amp;#039;s Seth Meyers, who, as we&amp;#039;ve learned in our pages, knows what he&amp;#039;s talking about when it comes to style. But on the night in Washington when everyone has something to say \u2014 that the president so acknowledged Donald Trump was as curious as the Washington Post inviting him; that the White House tried its hand at satire was downright stupid \u2014 the host of the annual PG-13 pissing contest happened to be wrong. Hamm, normally a master of precision on the red carpet, looked like he either tied his tie drunk or didn&amp;#039;t care to straighten it, then committed one of the bigger black-tie sins by taking off his jacket for the entire evening without a cummerbund to cover the bottom of his plackets. Not that we pay too much attention to this sort of thing, but with wedding season on the way, we figured it best to decode right from wrong when it comes to some of the bore daring variations on formalwear we saw over the weekend. (You know, after that other formal occasion.) Russell Simmons and the Sneaker Finish: If you&amp;#039;re gonna do it, black-and-white Adidas kicks are a step from Chuck Taylors, and keeping the rest classic is a must. But, really, unless you&amp;#039;re at the prom \u2014 or you&amp;#039;re Russell Simmons \u2014 put on some real shoes. John Legend and the Double Surprise: A midnight-blue tux, shiny lapel detailing and all, and a white bowtie? Yes. We&amp;#039;ve said it before and we&amp;#039;ll say it again: If you&amp;#039;re going to step it up a notch, step it up all the way. This is a party, isn&amp;#039;t it? Terrell Owens and the Clown Costume: A purple snakeskin-style bowtie and gray trousers? If you&amp;#039;re a brash NFL star on vacation, sure, but otherwise stick to the already-ballsy pants. And fix that collar. Sean Penn and the Case of the Loose Tie: Just because you&amp;#039;re all against The Man and saving the world in Haiti doesn&amp;#039;t mean you can&amp;#039;t straighten out your application for entry into Zac Efron and His Merry Band of the Skinny-Tied. Penn dressed like this the entire evening. For a party at the president&amp;#039;s house. Bradley Cooper and the Three-Piece: Yes. Even better with &amp;#039;stache. George Stephanopoulos and Stripes: No. But it&amp;#039;d look great in jail! PLUS: The Best (and Worst) Dressed Royal Wedding Guests &amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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