What Is Considered To Be a Tuxedo Jacket? MensUSA
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Tuxedo JacketA tuxedo (American English, also colloquially known as “tux”) or dinner
suit or dinner jacket (British English) is a formal evening suit distinguished primarily by satin or grosgrain facings on the jacket's lapels and buttons
and a similar stripe along the out seam of the trousers.
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Tuxedo JacketThe suit is typically black or midnight blue depending on choice of wear and commonly worn with a formal shirt,
shoes and other accessories, most traditionally in the form prescribed by the black tie dress code.
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Tuxedo Jacket
Dinner jacket in the context of menswear first appeared in England around 1887 and in the US
around 1889.
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Tuxedo Jacket
In the 1960s it became associated in North America with white or coloured jackets
specifically.
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Tuxedo Jacket
Tuxedo in the context of menswear originated in the US around 1888.
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It was named after Tuxedo Park, a Hudson Valley enclave for New York’s social elite where it was often
seen in its early years.
Tuxedo Jacket
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The term was capitalized until the 1930s and at first referred only to the jacket.
Tuxedo Jacket
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When the jacket was later paired with its own unique trousers and accessories in the 1900s the term began to be associated with the
entire suit. Since the turn of the 21st century the name has also been increasingly adopted by the British.
Tuxedo Jacket
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In French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Polish, Russian and other European
languages the jacket is called a smoking and in
Spanish it is an esmoquin.
Tuxedo Jacket
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name is in reference to the jacket’s early similarity to Victorian smoking jackets.
Tuxedo Jacket
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The suit with accompanying accessories is sometimes nicknamed a penguin suit given its
resemblance to the bird's black body and white chest.
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