Grosgrain
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Grosgrain is a type of fabric or ribbon defined by the fact that its weft is heavier than its warp, creating prominent transverse ribs. Grosgrain is a plain weave corded fabric, with heavier cords tha
A close-up of a piece of grosgrain ribbon. Note the ribs that go across the ribbon.
Grosgrain ribbons in various colors and widths
Black tie
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Black tie is a half-dress Western dress code for evening events, originating in British and North American conventions for attire in the 19th century. In British English, the dress code is often refer
Grosgrain
…As a more subtle option to lustrous satin, grosgrain is very popular with evening wear, used on the facings of lapels of most dress coats and high-end dinner jackets and tuxedos. Grosgrain is traditionally used to hem and highlight the cut of lapels, collars and visible outermost edges of the formal frock coat and…
A man wearing a dinner suit with shawl lapels, a cummerbund, a black bow tie, and Oxford shoes
Illustration of British peaked lapel and shawl collar dinner jackets, 1898. As substitutes for tailcoats, dinner jackets were originally worn with full dress accessories, including white waist coat.
1888 American tuxedo/dinner jacket, sometimes called a dress sack
Black tie worn at a dinner party in the 1940s