dinner jacket
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Henry Poole, credited with creating the dinner jacket, or tuxedo, has held a British royal warrant since the 1860s when it supplied Queen Victoria.
From Reuters • May 2, 2023
In a small room inside an anonymous industrial block, an old man with a bushy white beard is being fitted with a dinner jacket, ready for the red carpet at the Bafta Awards.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2023
Open crowd, earning him an invitation to last year’s Met Gala, where he wore a white dinner jacket on the red carpet.
From New York Times • May 22, 2022
Just minutes into the show, host Gary Collins pulled an envelope from his burgundy dinner jacket: the names of the 10 finalists.
From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2021
Pat, radiant in a ballerina-length accordion-pleated gown, stood before the makeshift altar adorned with evergreens and gladioli and said “I do” to Walter, dashing in a white dinner jacket.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
