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the uniform you wear to prove you didn't try, while trying immensely.

means A man's formal evening suit, typically black with satin lapels, worn with a bow tie.

from Named for Tuxedo Park, a wealthy resort enclave north of New York City. The popular story credits a tobacco heir, Griswold Lorillard, who supposedly turned up to an 1880s autumn ball in a shocking tailless dinner jacket; whatever the exact details, the garment took its name from the place where America's elite first made the look fashionable. (The place name itself comes from a word in an Algonquian languageoften said to mean something like 'place of the bear' or 'round foot,' though the precise sense is uncertain.)

originNamed for Tuxedo Park, a 1880s New York elite enclave
rebel rootsInvented to escape stiff formal tailcoats
the catBlack-and-white markings nicknamed for it, no breed required
satin stripeThe leg stripe once hid seams from candlelight
no beltCummerbund pleats face up to catch ticket stubs
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