Word: turndown
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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...
Diplomat Dawes. Upon the backstage scene appeared Charles Gates Dawes, Ambassador to the Court of St. James's. London had altered his standardized attire: a batwing collar replaced the well-known high turndown with V-opening; in place of the famed, florid hand-sewn neckties made by an old friend of his mother, now deceased, was a typically British cravat. He explained: "I've an alibi now. I'm a diplomat...