1920s mens evening wear

Evening wear by H. J. Nicoll & Co. Ltd, c. 1929. J. Scott. Wider trousers, broad shoulders, fitted waist. Short hair, brilliantine, toothbrush mustaches. Less-formal dinner jacket, black bow tie: single-breasted, wide silk-faced lapels, starched-front shirt, stiff wing collar. Formal dress: tailcoat, white waistcoat, white bow tie. Silk braid outer trouser seams. Byrde, Penelope. The Twentieth Century. B.T. Batsford, Ltd.: London : Batsford, 1992.

ca., 1920

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White tie. High rise in trousers.

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