Word: wearingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Little variation is allowed at a formal affair. Everyone is supposed to wear the whole works,--except for the top hat, which, alas, has fallen into disfavor...
...important to note, however, that all this ultra-formal regalia may only be worn after 6 p.m. At formal affairs during the daytime men are supposed to wear the cutaway or morning suit...
...semi-formal daytime affair or wedding, the strolled coat is the proper thing to wear. The stroller actually is rather similar to the cutaway but it has a conventional coat bottom...
When you receive an invitation saying "black tie," you are in for a semiformal evening requiring a tuxedo. This outfit is the only species of formal wear which immortalizes an American town--Tuxedo, N. Y. It gained its excellent name through an incident in 1886. In that gilded year a member of the 400 appeared at a Newport gala with the tails neatly snipped off his frock coat. Understandably scandalized, the fashionable crowd forced him to flee Newport. He then took refuge at Tuxedo where the coat sans tail became popular. From Tuxedo the tuxedo spread bearing the name...
...dark suit worn with a white French shirt and a four-in-hand tie is the next step down in formality. And this may be the wave of the future. As customs in dressing become more casual, even formal wear manufacturers succumb to popular practices. At a recent formal wear manufacturers' convention, "black tie" was optional, and 90 per cent of the men arrived in dark suits. But dressing formal can be an enjoyable production, and in tradition-bound New England, formal occasions requiring formal dress fortunately still do arise...