Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and U.S. President Ronald Reagan wearing black tie with wives in Quebec, Canada, March 18, 1985.

A tuxedo, also sometimes shortened to tux, is a man's outfit conforming to black tie dress code in British conventions of semi-formal evening dress. In British English the outfit is simply called a dinner jacket and matching trousers. The term tuxedo for this style of dress originates in United States, where the term dinner jacket is also used, especially in the Northeastern U.S. Its history can be traced back to 1860, when Henry Poole & Co., the founders of Savile Row, made a short evening or smoking jacket for the Prince of Wales to wear at informal dinner parties. Mr. James Potter of New York visited Prince Edward VII of the United Kingdom in 1886 for a formal occasion at Sandringham. So impressed was he by the garment, he commissioned Henry Poole to tailor his own. He returned to his New York home and showed off his suit at his club, the Tuxedo Park Club. Soon, members were copying the suit and it became adopted as their informal uniform for dinners. The term tuxedo however predates dinner jacket by two years, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Image File history File links Information_icon. ... Photo courtesy Ronald Reagan Library File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Photo courtesy Ronald Reagan Library File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Martin Brian Mulroney, PC, CC, GOQ, LLD (born March 20, 1939), was the eighteenth Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981 – 1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967 – 1975). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Motto: Je me souviens (French: I remember) Capital Quebec City Largest city Montreal Official languages French Government - Lieutenant-Governor Lise Thibault - Premier Jean Charest (PLQ) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 75 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area Ranked 2nd - Total 1,542,056 km² - Water... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Semi-formal is a dress code in the European tradition. ... Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II with Commonwealth Prime Ministers, in the 1950s. ... British English (BrE) is a broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the United Kingdom from forms used elsewhere. ... Black tie, known in the United Kingdom (and also in the north-eastern United States, and Canada) as a dinner jacket and in the United States generally as a tuxedo, is a dress code for formal evening events that are not formal enough to require white tie. ... Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King of the Commonwealth Realms, and the Emperor of India. ... The Oxford English Dictionary print set The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a dictionary published by the Oxford University Press (OUP), and is generally regarded as the most comprehensive and scholarly dictionary of the English language. ...

The term tuxedo is sometimes incorrectly used to denote any form of formal dress or semi-formal dress including white tie, morning dress, and day time semi-formal dress (strollers). It has been suggested that formal occasion be merged into this article or section. ... Prince Phillip, Laura Bush, Queen Elizabeth II, and US President George W. Bush in white tie. ... Morning dress is a particular category of mens formal dress. ... A stroller is mens semi-formal daywear, consisting of a grey or black single breasted lounge suit jacket with peaked lapels and usually single button closure. ...

External links

• Origin of the tuxedo & Henry Poole
• The Essential Black Tie Guide