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Michael Zegen, right, at the Emmys wore a tuxedo in a non-traditional blue velvet. — Ray A. Smith, WSJ, "Who Is He Wearing? Male Stars Take Red-Carpet Fashion Risks," 2 Jan. 2019 Markle is wearing her Stella McCartney evening dress, while Prince Harry is in a tuxedo. — Elise Taylor, Vogue, "Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Christmas Card Photo Is a Never-Before-Seen Shot From Their Wedding," 14 Dec. 2018 Patrick wore a bejeweled velvet mini dress with black strappy heels while Rodgers, 34, was dressed in a tuxedo. — Katherine Lam, Fox News, "Danica Patrick and Aaron Rodgers make red carpet debut at ESPYs," 19 July 2018 His father’s taxi company took out an ad featuring him in a tuxedo with an unidentified young woman by his side. — Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com, "Thomas Hardiman was ‘most likely to succeed’ at Waltham High. He now may be a Supreme Court pick," 9 July 2018 Scan any black tie event, any gala, and there will be a woman channeling Marlene Dietrich in a tuxedo. — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, "Miss America Gets to Dress Herself," 9 June 2018 Harry, who made a speech at the fundraising dinner, was dressed in a tuxedo and bow tie for the black-tie event and was wearing his platinum wedding band. — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, "Prince Harry Makes First Appearance Since Returning From His Honeymoon with Meghan Markle," 7 June 2018 As is standard for Hollywood premieres of big movies, they were dressed in gowns and tuxedos and suits, all coiffed and made up to look their best on the red carpet. — Alex Abad-santos, Vox, "The Crazy Rich Asians cast was criticized for not wearing Asian designers to their premiere. That’s ridiculous.," 10 Aug. 2018 Like his wife, Drew had a costume change for the reception and wore a custom tuxedo by GotStyle. — Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, "Everything You Should Know About Property Brother Drew Scott and Linda Phan's Wedding," 5 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tuxedo.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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