There's been an uptick in dinner jacket consciousness amongst the Abbey fans no doubt. I still think the public at large is largely ignorant, though Logsdail mention that he actually commissioned 9 or so morning jackets this year, more than the last decade apparently, so maybe there is something to it.

Of course, the modern day gentry of the fora predictably devolve into both arcane minutae of hyper specific rules that are neither covering the breadth of the subject nor reasonable, juxtaposed over massive ignorance. The peak vs. notch lapel, and tie and waistcoat colors are always amusing grenades to lob into SF or AAAAAAAAAAAAAC. Wing collar too.

Anybody have any idea when black tie replaced white tie as the preferred male uniform for the Oscars? From some photos I have seen, white tie may have persisted into the late 1950s at least.

My sense is that male attire at the Oscars in the past couple of years is somewhat superior and more "classic" compared to what it was a decade or so ago.

1965: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aL5W0dxoQY

A last Hurrah, thanks to Harrison and here -

https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1366&bih=683&q=jack+warner+rex+harrison+oscars&oq=jack+warner+rex+harrison+oscars&gs_l=img.3...1288.9697.0.10546.31.13.0.18.18.0.234.2098.4j2j7.13.0....0...1ac.1.36.img..21.10.1306.ImkZ_CvLLQc#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=JJGSog2xhFI-0M%253A%3B1yyX2Mp9Q_vIcM%3Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.oscars.org%252Fawards%252Facademyawards%252Flegacy%252Fimages%252Finfo%252F37%252F1965_view_actor_harrison_hepburn_warner_dir_cukor.gif%3Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.oscars.org%252Fawards%252Facademyawards%252Flegacy%252Fceremony%252F37th.html%3B616%3B600

at the same event, Jack Warner in black tie and white vest and Cukor in black tie with Harrison in full dress, and Aud in evening gown; showing a reference point of change from 'the remains of the day' for full fig, to black tie 'n' tux.

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It became less and less full white tie - but now the white tie is making a re-entry with the tux.

The strangest thing about the 1965 Oscars was that Audrey Hepburn flew in especially to present Rex Harrison with his Oscar as best actor for My Fair Lady, while Julie Andrews, who had played Eliza Doolittle to great acclaim on the stage, had been rejected (as too lite) by Jack Warner for the film but, ironically, won the 1965 best actress Oscar for Mary Poppins:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ7d4Rx7ftI