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Contemporary Trousers
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Basic Rules: color & material to match jacket, seam stripe, designed
for suspenders
The Classic Details: pleats, no cuffs
Ironically, a 2006 National Post article
indicated that although the classic one-button peaked lapel
was the most popular selling dinner jacket in These designer trousers also often feature
waistbands finished in satin and intended to eliminate the need for
a cummerbund or vest. Rather than enhancing the elegance
of black tie this innovation is more like "a formal version of the
Sansabelt," as GQ once stated, "and another dour nod to the age of
convenience." |
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