retail founded 1946 as mitchell s formalwear headquarters houston texas products men s clothing and tuxedo rentals . website www.menswearhouse.com mens suits suit tuxedos mw tux was a division of men s wearhouse clothier that specialized in the renting of tuxedos and formal wear for men . in late 2008 the mw tux brand was rolled up into the men s wearhouse brand and ceased being an independent brand . men s wearhouse formalwear business grew via the acquisition of after hours a formalwear company . originally known as mitchell s formalwear and founded in 1946 after hours was the result of the acquisition by mitchell s of fellow clothiers small s and tuxedo world in the late 1990s and has since acquired and assimilated several other chains in the united states . after hours was acquired by may department stores in 2001 and became a part of federated department stores following that company s buyout of may in 2005 . it operated over 450 stores in 31 states and the district of columbia . it was combined with david s bridal when acquired by may and during that time coordinated much of its inventory with david s bridal . on november 17 2006 after hours formalwear was sold to men s wearhouse and david s bridal was purchased along with sister division priscilla of boston by leonard green & partners . 1 the chain operated as mw tux for a year before being re branded again as men s wearhouse & tux . in september 2008 men s wearhouse selected the new york advertising agency devito verdi to handle its national advertising and marketing communications account . the assignment calls for the agency to provide full service marketing support and to develop strategic planning advertising public relations market planning promotions and p o s programs . in addition to the men s wearhouse brand devito verdi will also handle marketing for the company s other retail brands k & g mw tux moores clothing for men canada as well as new projects in development . 2 references edit story not found reuters http www.reuters.com article pressrelease idus129874 23 sep 2008 bw20080923 23 september 2008 retrieved 18 june 2009 external links edit www.menswearhouse.com webapp wcs stores servlet tuxedos 1 10601 10051 10651 10651 tuxedos.html official website this clothing related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this united states retail business article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mw tux & oldid 743465806 categories clothing retailers of the united statesretail companies established in 1946companies based in houston1946 establishments in texasclothing stubsunited states retail company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 19 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view