On Wednesday 17 October 2007, Sylvia Rognstad wrote: > I didn't thing tuxedos came in for evening wear until about the 1920s. > They look wrong to me for 1890s.
Ann's right; tuxedos were originally a kind of informal wear; they did not become formal wear until the 1920s. Unfortunately, I don't remember enough to be more detailed than that. -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Passion is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available."-- Gregory Benford _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
