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2. Gingiss Formalwear - Wikipedia

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   That same year, the company merged with the Buffalo, New York based Tuxedo Junction, which had 32 stores. [8] In 2003, Gingiss Formalwear, with 236 company owned stores and 166 franchised stores, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. [9] In late 2003, The May Department Stores Company purchased 125 company-owned stores. [10]

3. Formal wear - Wikipedia

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   Formal wear or full dress is the Western dress code category applicable for the most formal occasions, such as weddings, christenings, confirmations, funerals, Easter and Christmas traditions, in addition to certain state dinners, audiences, balls, and horse racing events.

4. Suit - Wikipedia

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   U.S. Ambassador to the U.N Samantha Power and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin wearing business wear suits as per their gender, 2016. The word suit derives from the French suite, [3] meaning "following," from some Late Latin derivative form of the Latin verb sequor = "I follow," because the component garments (jacket and trousers and waistcoat) follow each other and have the same cloth and ...

5. Informal wear - Wikipedia

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   Informal wear or undress, also called business wear, corporate/office wear, tenue de ville or dress clothes, is a Western dress code for clothing defined by a business suit for men, and cocktail dress or pant suit for women. On the scale of formality, it is considered less formal than semi-formal wear but more formal than casual wear.

6. Western dress codes - Wikipedia

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   Formal wear i.e. "Full dress" Morning dress: White tie: Trouser suit or skirt with blazer Ball gown: Full dress uniform: Ceremonial dress, religious clothing, folk costumes, orders and medals, etc. Semi-formal wear i.e. "Half dress" Black lounge suit: Black tie: Evening gown: Mess dress uniform: Informal wear i.e. "Undress" Suit: Cocktail dress ...

7. History of suits - Wikipedia

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   After the end of the First World War, most men adopted the short lounge coated suit. Long coats quickly went out of fashion for everyday wear and business, and the morning coat gained its current classification of "formal". During the 1920s, short suits were always worn except on formal occasions in the daytime, when a morning coat would be worn.