When dinner jackets began to be worn widely as a less formal variant of evening dress in the Thirties, they were worn with the same stiff-fronted shirt and wing collar as men sported with tails.

The jacket is single-breasted with notch lapels, the shirt has a wing collar, and the pants have cuffs. Have I done anything wrong? — Jason Shaw, St. Louis Park, Minn. There are two ways to ...

Also up for debate are wing collars or turndowns; French or cocktail cuffs; stud, button or a fly front. Not to mention the shirt’s back, which can be anything from regular cotton to an almost ...

white stiff-fronted shirt, white stiff wing collar attached to the shirt with collar studs, white bowtie, white low-cut waistcoat, black dress socks and black formal shoes. Shirt studs and ...