dinner jacket

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Henry Poole, credited with creating the dinner jacket, or tuxedo, has held a British royal warrant since the 1860s when it supplied Queen Victoria.

From Reuters • May 2, 2023

For his encore, Sir Elton appeared in his third outfit - a long black dinner jacket with pink patterned lapel, completed with a pair of pink and black heart-shaped glasses.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2022

Craig, who turned up for the red carpet at the Royal Albert Hall in a pink velvet dinner jacket, told reporters how relieved he was that the film was finally making its way to cinemas.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2021

Just minutes into the show, host Gary Collins pulled an envelope from his burgundy dinner jacket: the names of the 10 finalists.

From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2021

The day after Wayne Parr said he had chosen powder blue for his dinner jacket, three- quarters of the boys ordered the same from Tuxedo Junction.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli