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the evening, the dress suit with tailcoat, white waistcoat and white bow
tie was usual for formal functions while the dinner suit (an evening
version of the lounge suit, worn with a black bow tie and waistcoat) was
worn at other times. The cut of the suit was fairly narrow and there was a
general air of neatness and a certain mount of inflexibility – shirt
collars were high and well starched. Edward VII, who was personally
interested in clothes and the etiquette of dress, set a high standard of
male elegance during the first decade of the century. |
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