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Canadian P.M. Brian Mulroney and U.S. Pres. Ronald Reagan in black tie in Quebec, Canada, March 18, 1985.


A tuxedo is a man's suit of clothes in the black tie, semi-formal evening dress convention; the equivalent British English term is dinner jacket; the informal American term is tux, the informal British term is black tie.

Typically, the tuxedo dinner suit (of light-weight black or midnight blue wool) comprises a single-breasted, single-button stance, peaked-lapel coat and matching trousers with side seams decorated with an inch-wide cloth stripe matching the lapel facing. A white dress shirt with link cuffs, and a black, gross-grain bow tie, cummerbund, and shoes. The suit's sartorial details — cloth-covered or plain coat buttons; ruffle-, pleated-, or placket-front shirt; slipper, moccasin, or Oxford lace-up shoes; et cetera— are particular to the man's taste, not de rigueur.

The word tuxedo is American for men's evening dress; dinner jacket also is used, but mostly in the Northeastern U.S. Either usage, denotes and connotes the full suit of clothes. The tuxedo's history dates from 1860, when Henry Poole & Co. (Savile Row's founders), made a short smoking jacket for the Prince of Wales to wear at informal dinner parties.

Per sartorial legend, in spring of 1886, because of his pretty wife, Cora, Mr James Potter, a rich man from New York, was invited by Prince Edward VII of the United Kingdom to Sandringham, his Norfolk hunting estate. When Potter asked the Prince's dinner dress recommendation, he sent Potter to Henry Poole and Co., in London. On returning to New York, Potter's dinner suit proved popular at the Tuxedo Park Club; the clubmen copied him, soon making it their informal dining uniform.

Linguistically, the word tuxedo pre-dates dinner jacket by two years, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Moreover, in the U.S., tuxedo is used in denoting any form of formal dress or semi-formal dress including white tie, morning dress, and strollers.

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A tuxedo is a type of semi-formal dress for men.

Tuxedo may also refer to:
  • Tuxedo (software), a middleware platform to manage distributed transaction processing
  • The Tuxedo, a Jackie Chan movie
  • Tuxedo cat, a coat pattern in bicolor cats

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Black tie is a dress code for formal evening events, whose primary component is the dinner jacket. The jacket and matching trousers are typically called a tuxedo in the United States and Canada; they are known in Continental Europe and Japan as a smoking
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Semi-formal is a dress code that is analogous to black tie, and indicates a level of dress between a lounge suit and white tie. Traditionally, semi-formal calls for a dinner jacket in the evening or a stroller before six o'clock.
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The term evening dress can refer to:
  • Full evening dress, or white tie, the most formal civilian dress code, especially in the United Kingdom
  • More generally, any of various types of formal wear, including black tie and mess dress

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British English (BrE, BE, en-GB) is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the United Kingdom from forms used elsewhere in the Anglophone world.
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Black tie is a dress code for formal evening events, whose primary component is the dinner jacket. The jacket and matching trousers are typically called a tuxedo in the United States and Canada; they are known in Continental Europe and Japan as a smoking
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A cuff is an extra layer of fabric at the lower edge of the sleeve of a garment covering the arms. In U.S. usage the word may also refer to the end of the leg of a pair of pants.
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bow tie is a men's necktie popularly worn with formal attire, such as suits or dinner jackets. It consists of a ribbon of fabric tied around the collar in a symmetrical manner such that the two opposite ends form loops.
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A cummerbund is a broad waist sash, usually pleated, which is often worn with black tie. The cummerbund was first adopted by British military officers in colonial India and later spread to civilian use.
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Henry Poole & Co.

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Founded London, England (1806)
Headquarters London, England

Key people James Poole, Founder
Angus Cundey, Owner
Simon Cundey, Director
Industry Retailer
Products Clothing, Fashion
Website www.henrypoole.
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A smoking jacket is an item of clothing, now relatively rare, specifically designed for the purposes of smoking tobacco, usually in the form of pipes and cigars. Naturally styles do vary, but the classic smoking jacket is a waist-length jacket made of velvet or silk, with a
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Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death on 6 May 1910.
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The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a dictionary published by the Oxford University Press (OUP), and is the most comprehensive dictionary of the English language.
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    Formal wear (more often in the United States) or formal dress (in the United Kingdom) is a general fashion term used to describe clothing suitable for formal events, including weddings, debutante cotillions, etc.
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    White tie (evening dress, full evening dress in the U.K.) is the most formal dress code. In the United Kingdom civilian day court dress in the Royal court is like white tie. Yet, white tie has replaced it in formal state occasions, e.g.
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      Morning dress is the daytime form of men's formal dress.

      History

      The name originated from the practice of gentlemen in the nineteenth century riding a horse in the morning with a cutaway front single breasted morning coat.
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      A stroller is men's semi-formal daywear, consisting of a grey or black single breasted lounge suit jacket, usually with peaked lapels and single button closure. It is worn with a grey or silver necktie, and formal striped trousers.
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      White tie (evening dress, full evening dress in the U.K.) is the most formal dress code. In the United Kingdom civilian day court dress in the Royal court is like white tie. Yet, white tie has replaced it in formal state occasions, e.g.
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      Black tie is a dress code for formal evening events, whose primary component is the dinner jacket. The jacket and matching trousers are typically called a tuxedo in the United States and Canada; they are known in Continental Europe and Japan as a smoking
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        Formal wear (more often in the United States) or formal dress (in the United Kingdom) is a general fashion term used to describe clothing suitable for formal events, including weddings, debutante cotillions, etc.
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        suit of clothes — and its variants: the lounge suit, business suit, three-piece suit, and two-piece suit — is a garment made from the same cloth comprising:
        • A coat (also: suit jacket).

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          Morning dress is the daytime form of men's formal dress.

          History

          The name originated from the practice of gentlemen in the nineteenth century riding a horse in the morning with a cutaway front single breasted morning coat.
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