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2. Formal wear - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. Formal wear or full dress is the Western dress code category applicable for the most formal occasions, such as weddings, christenings, confirmations, funerals, Easter and Christmas traditions, in addition to certain state dinners, audiences, balls, and horse racing events. Generally permitted other alternatives, though, are the most ...

3. History of suits - Wikipedia

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   The suit is a traditional form of men's formal clothes in the Western world. For some four hundred years, suits of matching coat, trousers, and waistcoat have been in and out of fashion. The modern lounge suit's derivation is visible in the outline of the brightly coloured, elaborately crafted royal court dress of the 17th century (suit, wig ...

4. Suit - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. A suit, also called a lounge suit, business suit, dress suit, or formal suit is a set of clothes comprising a suit jacket and trousers of identical textiles generally worn with a collared dress shirt, necktie, and dress shoes. A skirt suit is similar, but with a matching skirt instead of trousers. It is currently considered semi-formal ...

5. Victorian fashion - Wikipedia

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   Many myths and exaggerations about the period persist to the modern day. Examples include the idea of men's clothing is seen as formal and stiff, women's as elaborate and over-done; clothing covered the entire body, and even the glimpse of an ankle was scandalous. Critics contend that corsets constricted women's bodies and women's lives.

6. Morning dress - Wikipedia

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   Morning dress, also known as formal day dress, is the formal Western dress code for day attire, [1] consisting chiefly of a morning coat, waistcoat, and formal trousers for men, and an appropriate gown for women.

7. Frock coat - Wikipedia

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   Frock coat. Double wedding with grooms wearing formal black double-breasted frock coats with silk -faced lapels, light grey waistcoats, cashmere striped formal trousers, button dress boots, light gloves and Ascot -knotted cravats with cravat pin (April 1904). A frock coat is a formal men's coat characterised by a knee-length skirt cut all ...