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It can be as simple or as elaborate as you prefer, making it suitable for everything from casual gatherings to grand festive events

Christian Dior When Christian Dior launched his couture house, in 1946, he wanted nothing less than to make an elegant woman more beautiful and a beautiful woman more elegant. He succeeded, and in doing so the visionary designer altered the landscape of 20th century fashion

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It became popular in the 1930s after the royal family started wearing dinner jackets instead of the traditional white tie dress code, and it literally translates to a black dinner jacket, white or cream shirt with a bow tie and black trousers