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  2. Harrow School - Wikipedia

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    Harrow School (/ ˈ h ær oʊ /) [1] is a public school (English boarding school for boys) in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England. [2] The school was founded in 1572 by John Lyon , a local landowner and farmer, under a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth I .

  3. Waistcoat - Wikipedia

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    A traditional waistcoat, to be worn with a two-piece suit or separate jacket and trousers. A waistcoat (UK and Commonwealth, / ˈ w eɪ s (t) k oʊ t / or / ˈ w ɛ s k ə t /; colloquially called a weskit [1]) or vest (US and Canada) is a sleeveless upper-body garment. It is usually worn over a dress shirt and necktie and below a coat as a ...

  4. List of garments having different names in American and ...

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    Waistcoat [9] Vest, [8] tailored vest Sleeveless garment used as underwear Vest [8] Wifebeater, [10] undershirt [8] Sleeveless, legless, one piece infant garment with snap or other type of closure Vest, bodysuit: onesie, sleeveless bodysuit, bodysuit Short sleeve, legless, one piece infant garment with snap or other closure bodysuit [11] onesie ...

  5. Morning dress - Wikipedia

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    On these occasions they may wear their old public school ties (known as private schools in the US). For the British working class (constituting the majority of the population), a wedding party tends to wear hired morning suits that are co-ordinated, the men usually dressed in outfits of identical ties, handkerchiefs and waistcoats. [58]

  6. Mess dress uniform - Wikipedia

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    It consists of a dark-blue jacket with two golden buttons linked by a chain closure, dark-blue trousers and a low-cut marcella waistcoat. The waistcoat is of the regimental or corps colour. Regimental colours also figure on the edge of the shoulder straps. This is matched by a white dress shirt and a black bow tie.

  7. Waist (clothing) - Wikipedia

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    From the early 19th century through the Edwardian period, the word waist was a term common in the United States for the bodice of a dress or for a blouse or woman's shirt.A shirtwaist was originally a separate blouse constructed like a shirt; i.e., of shirting fabric with turnover collar and cuffs and a front button closure.

  8. Uniform of The Royal High School, Edinburgh - Wikipedia

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    The coat and waistcoat were always of glaring colours, such as bright blue, grass green, and scarlet. I remember well the pride with which I was once rigged out in a scarlet waistcoat, and a bright green coat. [5] Clothing patterns were gradually standardised from the 1860s, [6] and an outfitter, Aitken & Niven, was appointed for the school ...

  9. 1900s in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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    Men's formal daywear consists of a cutaway morning coat, high-buttoned waistcoat, and creased fly-front trousers worn with a high-collared shirt, top hat, and gloves, 1906. Photo William Randolph Hearst wears a coat with a very high closure, a stiff collar, and a tie with a stickpin, 1906.