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2. Frock coat - Wikipedia

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   Frock coats, albeit often in other colours than black, survive until this day in the livery of hotel staff. King Tupou VI of Tonga (born 1959) is a frequent wearer of frock coats. Examples of frock coats in fashion in the 21st century include Alexander McQueen in 2012, [12] Prada's autumn edition in 2012, and Paul Smith in 2018. [13]

3. Lazarus (department store) - Wikipedia

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   Family patriarch Simon Lazarus (1808–1877) opened a one-room men's clothing store in downtown Columbus in 1851. By 1870, with improvements to the industry in the mass manufacture of men's uniforms for the Civil War, the family business expanded to include ready-made men's civilian clothing, and eventually, a complete line of merchandise. [2]

4. Western dress codes - Wikipedia

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   Western dress codes are a set of dress codes detailing what clothes are worn for what occasion that originated in Western Europe and the United States in the 19th century. . Conversely, since most cultures have intuitively applied some level equivalent to the more formal Western dress code traditions, these dress codes are simply a versatile framework, open to amalgamation of international and ...

5. History of suits - Wikipedia

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   The frock coat was still the standard garment for all formal or business occasions, and a tailcoat was worn in the evenings. [6] Towards the end of the 19th century, the modern lounge suit was born as a very informal garment meant only to be worn for sports, in the country, or at the seaside.

6. Victorian fashion - Wikipedia

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   In the 1860s, men started wearing wider neckties that were tied in a bow or looped into a loose knot and fastened with a stickpin. Frock coats were shortened to knee-length and were worn for business, while the mid-thigh length sack coat slowly displaced the frock coat for less-formal occasions. Top hats briefly became the very tall "stovepipe ...

7. 1910s in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   The sack coat or lounge coat continued to replace the frock coat for most informal and semi-formal occasions. Three-piece suits consisting of a sack coat with matching waistcoat (U.S. vest ) and trousers were worn, as were matching coat and waistcoat with contrasting trousers, or matching coat and trousers with contrasting waistcoat.