The Morning Coat

What is a morning coat?. Theoretical sense, it is a men's suits for the daytime formal social occasions and it is regarded as the first dress of the day, the same level with the tuxedo. However,  with the practice of the dress, in today's social occasions, it is usually not as formal daytime dress used only as a formulaic special dress for the occasions such as Grand ceremony honors ceremony, a large classical music conductor, wedding ceremony, a special farewell ceremony. Time during the day.

Today dress develops on the basis of the jacket, dressing gown and tuxedo have most of this feature, because the term, the group of words behind them English has a "jacket" (Coat). Other evidence, morning dress or a tuxedo as standard collar closure collar, placket stand collar jacket unique dual gradually evolved, and related  jacket (Frock Coat) related. Known as Frock coat dress appeared in the late 18th century, but appeared as early as the Middle Ages, feudal coating inevitably become the characteristics of Frock. 

 

Of course, the concept of "coat" the functional requirements and coincide double-breasted straight swing the basic characteristics of the elongated shape both coats, and consistent with the desire to return to the past by the feudal (coated). Into the 19th century, Europe  hunting the wind, gentlemen change a coach riding, double-breasted dress coat front long ride door is very out of the way, so he took the hem of the front skirt tuck up horseback riding. This inspired removed before the pendulum idea, but when it dresses the status has not been established, named in 1830 for walking clothes. Make it give up the the Frock jacket style change in 1838, the East of England quite famous Jockey the town called Niumakete (still the world's most famous race meeting of the Holy Land), here kind of watching horse racing clothing, due to its single placket design looks better than riding service more convenient, it is suitable for outdoor and hunting very popular Niumakete, named later riding coat, morning coat today still made of horse riding traditional costumes. Into the 1860s Length has been shortened, known as the short jacket to a formal morning dress of the title into the 1970s high society, but the Frock jacket still has a dominant position as a daytime dress, but it dropped The trend is a foregone conclusion, to 1898 morning dress has become popular. After World War I upgrade morning dress for daytime formal dress, replace Frock dress. The Great Depression of the 1929 World Economic Frock jacket exit morning dress has become a veritable daytime formal dress still in use. It is worth noting that black morning dress shirt and striped gray trousers with always maintained Frock coat style, and has become the classic combination of morning dress.