A waistcoat or vest is a sleeveless upper-body garment. It is usually worn over a dress shirt and necktie and below a coat as a part of most men's formal wear. It is also sported as the third piece in
A traditional waistcoat, to be worn with a two-piece suit or separate jacket and trousers
Nineteenth century silk damask waistcoat
A young man wearing a modern waistcoat
Woman wearing a modern denim waistcoat.
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)