1930s tuxedo

Whether it's an oversized shirt with a tuxedo style bib, sleek collared dress, or contrasting peaked labels on a structured dinner jacket, tux dressing has always been a fashion favourite.

1930s cutaway tuxedo with tails and white tie | White Tie. Top Hat. Tails. Fred Astaire.

Learn the basics and the anatomy of the white tie tailcoat and full fig dress suit trousers or pants with all of its details, hidden tails pockets and more.

Fred Astaire's white tie. The inverted pleats and high-trouser waist strike me as incredibly elegant; the way that the pleats flow out over the hips from the waist, reinforcing the suit's hourglass shape.

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White tie. High rise in trousers.

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Many view the 1930s – a decade that emerged from the Jazz Age and ended with the onset of World War II – as the period in which truly modern clothing was created. As the rise of classicism became a dominate force in art and design, a balanced and well-proportioned body became the fashion ideal.

Marking: Label (a): "Lanvin/ 15, Faubourg St. Honoré/ Paris"Customer label (a): "Lavin/ Paris/ M. Albert C. Moss"Incised buttons (b): "Lanvin Paris"Stamped (d): "Arrow-DE LUXE/ Cluett, Peabody & Co

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.