evening shirts

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Scope note
Shirts worn for formal or semiformal occasions usually with a stiff or pleated front fastened with studs. often heavily starched and pleated in the front. The forms of such shirts have changed over time, and once featured detachable collars and cuffs. Evening shirts formed part of full evening dress. The cuffs are most often held closed with cuff links.
evening shirts
Accepted term: 18-Nov-2024