The first men’s white dinner jacket is traditionally traced to 1865. Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII (1841–1910). The late 19th century saw gradual introduction of the lounge jacket without tails as a less formal. This was more comfortable leisure alternative to the frock coat.
The shorter dinner jacket evolved as a less formal alternative to the dress coat out of the informal smoking jacket. Thus in many non-English languages, a men’s white dinner jacket is still known as the false friend “smoking”. In American English, its synonym “tuxedo” was derived from the town of Tuxedo Park in New York State. This is where it was introduced in 1886 following the example of Europeans. Following the counterculture of the 1960s, black tie has increasingly replaced white tie. Since there are formal settings in the United States, along with cultures influenced by American culture.
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