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All are dressed in period garb — Clarkson in a gorgeous gown and her band, My Band Y’all, led by musical director and keyboardist Jason Halbert, in formal white dinner jackets typical of musical acts at the time.—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025 At its London premiere, Dick Churchill wore a bespoke dinner jacket from Gieves & Hawkes, the Savile Row tailor whose military heritage dates back to the late 18th century.—Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2025 Visitors often arrived in their own private railroad cars, according to Sotheby's, and its private country club is believed to be where the first short dinner jacket, or tuxedo, was introduced in the late 1800s.—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025 Hundreds of teaspoons covered the floor, dozens of cocktail glasses were suspended from a dinner jacket and red arms with white fur fingernails reached out from the wall towards a mannequin’s head that was a mass of red roses.—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 21 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for dinner jacket
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