Re: Tuxedo cumberbund...do you have to wear this?
Cummerbund and suspenders are not related at all. Whether or not you wear one has nothing to do with whether you wear the other.
Traditionally speaking, you wear a cummerbund with a shawl collar jacket and a vest with a peak lapel jacket. You do wear one or the other because your waist band isn't supposed to show with a tux. Also, traditionally speaking, you don't wear a long tie with a tux.
Suspenders are appropriate, as are white suspenders. But a rental will usually have side adjusters on the pants, rendering suspenders superfluous. You don't wear a belt with a tux, though.
Whether or not you wear suspenders, no one should see them as there's no reason to take off your jacket while attending a formal event.
Whether or not you want to follow the traditional rules is a different question, of course.
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