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the uniform you wear to prove you didn't try, while trying immensely.
means A man's formal evening suit, typically black with satin lapels, worn with a bow tie.
from Named for Tuxedo Park, a wealthy resort enclave north of New York City. The popular story credits a tobacco heir, Griswold Lorillard, who supposedly turned up to an 1880s autumn ball in a shocking tailless dinner jacket; whatever the exact details, the garment took its name from the place where America's elite first made the look fashionable. (The place name itself comes from a word in an Algonquian language — often said to mean something like 'place of the bear' or 'round foot,' though the precise sense is uncertain.)
- origin
- Named for Tuxedo Park, a 1880s New York elite enclave
- rebel roots
- Invented to escape stiff formal tailcoats
- the cat
- Black-and-white markings nicknamed for it, no breed required
- satin stripe
- The leg stripe once hid seams from candlelight
- no belt
- Cummerbund pleats face up to catch ticket stubs
james bond — iconic character who wears a black tie tuxedo in every film since 1962
white house state dinner — formal event in washington d.c. where guests are required to wear black tie tuxedos
academy awards ceremony — annual hollywood event where male attendees traditionally wear tuxedos on the red carpet and inside