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tainly be an advantage, as many rental companies offer a free tuxedo for the groom with an order for five or more groomsmen.

Cutaway coat, shawl collar, dinner jacket ... what does it all mean? Don’t be intimidated by tuxedo terminology. It’s pretty basic stuff.

Anyone who has seen a Fred Astaire film will recognize a tailcoat — a jacket that cuts short across the front and long in the back, where it’s usually split into two panels. This style is a carry-over from when men rode horses dressed this way.

A cutaway coat is similar, but is shorter in front, getting gradually longer and ending in tails in the back.

A morning coat or morning stroller is just a suit-like jacket, often gray, and can be worn for a formal or semiformal daytime ceremony.

A dinner jacket is simply a jacket that’s a different color than the trousers. Men might wear a white dinner jacket and black trousers.

Jackets and coats generally come in three kinds of lapels:

• Pique, which means the lower notched of the lapel is narrower and longer then the upper ..,

• Notched lapels have equal-sized notches.

• A shawl lapel is exactly what it

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