Morning dress
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Morning dress, also known as formal day dress, is the formal Western dress code for day attire, consisting chiefly of a morning coat, waistcoat, and formal trousers for men, and an appropriate gown fo
From right to left: Japanese emperor Hirohito, United States president Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy in 1983, both men in morning coats with formal trousers, known as morning dress
Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901) in 1844, wearing a double-breasted cutaway
Caricature of Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon in Vanity Fair, 11 September 1869
Morning dress fashion (middle), as opposed to frock coats (left and right) (1848)
Formal trousers
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Formal trousers, also known as formal striped trousers or colloquially spongebag trousers, are grey striped or patterned formal trousers for day attire in traditional Western dress code, primarily ass
Different innovative, early interpretations of formal trousers with frock coats and top hats, in Stockholms mode-journal (1847).
Sir John Goodwin and Lady Goodwin together with Neil Campbell and his wife, walking over the Grey Street Bridge in morning dress, top hats and spats (1931).
U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill in a black lounge suit with homburg hat and walking stick on Downing Street, giving his famous 'V' sign during World War II.