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

In a small room inside an anonymous industrial block, an old man with a bushy white beard is being fitted with a dinner jacket, ready for the red carpet at the Bafta Awards.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2023

Open crowd, earning him an invitation to last year’s Met Gala, where he wore a white dinner jacket on the red carpet.

From New York Times • May 22, 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

He was talking to an Arab man in a tight dinner jacket.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie