Word: rigeur
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...turnups [cuffs] on his trousers and you have turnups only on a lounging suit! The trousers aren't striped. And the vest has six buttons down the front. Gloves and spats are de rigeur with a stick and topper, you know. That turndown collar and four-in-hand tie are all right in a way but with a cutaway we should wear a wing collar and a bow tie. I hate to say it but I fear the vest is not quite smart. It should be cut quite low. If you wish to be informal, wear a sack suit...
...saints and symbols. But in spite of the bad lineage which this word must admit, it still remains popular, not alone at tea parties where to be a cynic is to be lionized, but even in Harvard Yard, where to be a cynic is to be quite de rigeur...
...called marathon dancing was handed another bouquet when the French Dancing Federation announced that hard-boiled shirts and evening dress would be de rigeur from 8 P. M. to 6 A. M. during the six-day contest now taking place in Paris. In the daytime soft shirts and soft white collars are prescribed...