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How Did the Tuxedo Get its Name, Who Invented the Formal Suit, and Where Did it Come From?

July 20, 2020 by Karen Hill

In the nineteenth century, the accepted formal dress for men was a suit with long swallowtails.

But one evening in 1886, young Griswald Lorillard, the heir to a tobacco fortune, shocked his country club by arriving in a dinner jacket without tails.

This fashion statement caught on, and the suit took on the name the place Lorillard introduced it: Tuxedo Park, New Jersey.

These days, tuxedos are still popular fashion statements.

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About Karen Hill

Karen Hill is a freelance writer, editor, and columnist. Born in New York, her work has appeared in the Examiner, Yahoo News, Buzzfeed, among others.

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