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2. Morning dress - Wikipedia

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   A black morning coat with matching black waistcoat is the most formal option, [19] [20] being worn for Court, [20] funerals, [21] memorial services, [22] civic dress [23] and diplomatic dress (replacing or supplementing Court Dress), with academic dress, or in government use in America.

3. Spencer (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   The spencer, dating from the 1790s, was originally a woollen outer tail-coat with the tails omitted. It was worn as a short waist-length, double-breasted, man's jacket. It was originally named after George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758–1834), who is reported to have had a tail-coat adapted after its tails were burned by coals from a fire. [1]

4. Waistcoat - Wikipedia

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   The waistcoats worn with white-and black-tie are different from standard daytime single-breasted waistcoats, being much lower in cut (with three buttons or four buttons, where all are fastened). The much larger expanse of shirt compared to a daytime waistcoat allows more variety of form, with "U" or "V" shapes possible, and there is large ...

5. 1840s in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   A vest replaces the waistcoat at this time, they were still very decorative with no collar. A pardessus for men was a large, black formal cape with a yoke across the shoulder line. A chesterfield coat was a calf-length, fur-lined coat, with a fur collar, cuffs and lapels. There was also no waistline seam.

6. Doublet (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   The doublet was thigh length, hip length or waist length and worn over the shirt or drawers. Like the pourpoint , its ancestor, the doublet was used by soldiers [ 4 ] in the 15th and 16th centuries to facilitate the wearing of the brigandine , breastplate , cuirass and plackart which had to cut into the waist in order to shift their weights ...

7. 1860s in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   Manet's unidentified man wears a tie secured with a jewel at the neck, a shawl-collared waistcoat, and a contrasting coat, 1860. George Augustus Sala wears an overcoat with black velvet collar, wide lapels, and deep cuffs over a frock coat, waistcoat, and tweed trousers. He wears leather gloves and carries a top hat. c. 1860–65.