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Message: [QUOTE="Randy Bryan Bigham, post: 50624, member: 143664"] Tuxedos were for semi-formal evening wear, worn with a black tie. A tuxedo jacket has no coat-tail. Most men would have worn full evening attire ("white tie and tails" — dinner jacket with tailcoat and a white tie) for a gala dinner or other formal occasions. But tuxedos would have been in evidence as well, especially with younger men. Men’s shoes for evening were the traditional pump or "spats" with light or dark cloth tops. Gloves were optional except for a banquet or ball. For day wear, men wore daytime suits with coarse linen shirts, starched separate collars and cuffs, and hats (bowler, Derby, Panama, Havana, etc). They wore patent oxfords or high-laced or buttoned boots. Many men, young and old, carried walking sticks or umbrellas. They also often wore gloves. Only for sports were men in their shirtsleeves or without ties, and even then they usually had a blazer to wear with a soft linen shirt, linen cuffed trousers, a loose tie or cravat, and a snap-brim cap or straw hat. For sports men wore light oxfords or canvas-sided, rubber-soled tennis shoes. [/QUOTE]