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I believe a mess jacket would be fitted to the waist, and worn in a military context.Isn't that a mess jacket, not the conventional DJ?
Jeeves once had quite the fit when Bertie brought one of those back from the south of France.
Isn't that a mess jacket, not the conventional DJ? Jeeves once had quite the fit when Bertie brought one of those back from the south of France.
Exactly what Hugh Laurie (as Bertie Wooster) is wearing in the photo three posts up. Basically, it's a tailcoat with no tails.What's a mess jacket?
Military officers only, as part of a uniform.Could somebody please fill me in on WHO wears this, WHEN, and WHERE, under the condition of adherence to rules and without risking ridicule by hired help.
Yes, absolutely. What else are you going to wear, white trousers? Good heavens.Manton, so it's acceptable to wear black tuxedo pants with a white dinner jacket? (the one I happen to own is slightly cream coloured).
By the late 30s civilians wearing them were subject to merciless ridicule.