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Royal Refinement
Today marks the 60th anniversary of the Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the throne, an exciting and historic moment for me as a Canadian and a monarchist. To mark the occasion I thought I would pay...
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Afternoon Weddings, Evening Receptions
I get a lot of queries from North American brides and grooms about what dress is appropriate for formal weddings that straddle the dividing line between day and evening. I answer this question in the...
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Easter Parade
The unfettered materialism of Christmas has obscured the fact that Easter is actually the most important holiday in the Christian calendar. Back in the day the well-to-do would don their very best...
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Happy Medium for Morning Dress
Formerly in London it was not permissible for a man to go to a luncheon or afternoon party in anything but a black tail-coat and striped trousers – the official morning-dress. Now he may go in a...
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Flashback: The Cutaway’s Curtain Call
1979 formalwear ad Following World War Two, menswear in the United States broke away from Old World stylings and began to fashion a distinctly American emphasis on athleticism, youthfulness and...
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Morning Dress at the Diamond Jubilee
(The Toronto Star | Toby Melville / Reuters) Britain once again displayed its impressive penchant for pageantry at the official celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee last weekend. The...
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Mad Men Formal, German Style (Part III)
In the third of three posts on Jet Age German formal styling, we look at an example of formal day wear. PLENARY SESSION The morning suit (also called a “Stresemann”) is executed in different...
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1907 Formal Wear III: The Frock Coat
We continue our trip back in time to Edwardian America courtesy of The Blue Book of Men’s Tailoring with a look at formal day wear. The frock coat, as worn in the twentieth century, is a heritage...
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A New Morning Dress Primer
Dressing improperly for formal daytime affairs is now twice as inexcusable thanks to this week’s launch of The Morning Dress Guide by the editor of The Gentleman’s Gazette. Like the Andrews and...
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The Buffalo Club
(Courtesy of The Buffalo Club) Reader Bill Cleary from Buffalo, New York (seen on the right) is living the formal dream, as are his fellow members of The Buffalo Club. The club is steeped in tradition...
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Up Close: Link-Front Coats
A link-front coat or jacket is one that is closed by two connected buttons similar to a cufflink. The original version appears to be early morning coats that used a stand-alone pair of linked buttons...
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Reader Role Models: Doubly Debonnaire
(Justin Lam | Three Sixty Photography) Probably the most common type of inquiry I receive from grooms-to-be is “I know it’s not technically correct to wear a tuxedo to my afternoon wedding but . . . “...
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