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Vintage Etiquette & Tradition
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Retro Tuxedos
• The Peacock Revolution: Late '60s-Early '70sThe formal wear aberrations inflicted on American men - particularly in the late 1960s - was limited only by designers' hallucinations. Here are just a few examples. • Alternative Formal Wear
In the
counterculture of the 1960s “formal” was a four letter word.
As a result, menswear magazines began to favor “evening” as a more
innocuous descriptor for the decidedly informal alternatives being
offered by manufacturers.
Some examples are shown below.
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