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" Dinner-jackets have for some years been worn in country houses when the family are en famille" Huddersfield Chronicle , 20 September 1887 quoting Vanity Fair "Fastidious Englishmen don't seem to be able to get along without a dinner-jacket" The Inter Ocean , 8 October 1889 Cambridge Dictionary

Each of these looks did more than follow a trend

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Black has a historical association with mourning and while formal daywear or evening wear would probably be seen as too celebratory in tone, a black business suit can strike the right somber tone that would be appropriate for a funeral