William Boyd wrote:
>stefan patric wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 15:32:23 -0700, WRD wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I read a post recently about the growing practice of men wearing dinner
>>>jackets (white) on cruise formal nights. Does anyone have any comments on
>>>this subject?
>>
>>
>> Nothing unusual about this. This used to be the norm. A white dinner
>> jacket with black tuxedo pants, etc. is appropriate formalware, instead of
>> the black jacket, for the tropics, usually anytime, but especially in the
>> summer, and during summer in the northern latitudes. Haven't you ever
>> seen those old b&w movies set in the tropics, where our hero is always
>> appropriately dressed? Or, just a look at the older James Bond films will
>> educate you on proper formal attire for every occasion.
>>
>> When I got my first tuxedo, it came with 2 pair of pants and both a black
>> and a white jacket. My military mess dress came the same way with a
>> white cover for the cap, too, but the jackets were short, ending just
>> below the belt line, and tapered to fit, like a civilian "tails" jacket,
>> but without the tails.
>>
>> Glad to see white dinner jackets making a comeback.
>>
>>
>> Stefan
>>
>>
>That at one time was the summer military dress uniform. Of course the
>modern military seems to have the same dinner jacket for all seasons, to
>the best of my knowledge any way.
As far as I know the Navy mess dress is the same as described above -
white pants and a short jacket either in Navy blue or white - white
for summer.
The Marines I've seen were wearing the long blue jacket with red
piping and white pants but maybe that was in the winter and they have
a white jacket for summer.
The Army dress uniform seems to have either a white jacket with black
trousers or a blue jacket with red lapels and blue trousers with a
gold stripe down the side. I don't know about the Air Force.
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