White dinner jackets are meant for the summer season (beginning on Memorial Day) or for year-round temperate zones, a climate for which Hollywood in February doesn’t quite qualify. The best ...

Men interpreted the white tie in a number of ways. Though technically it involves a black jacket with tails, Jay Z, for example, chose a white tuxedo jacket, sans tails, by Givenchy.

Cundey said the dinner jacket — or the tuxedo — first came about when Edward VII, later the king of the United Kingdom, decided in 1865 he was "tired of wearing tails at dinner by himself." ...

This client brought his new dinner jacket home with him to his Tuxedo Park neighborhood. Before long, a few of Poole’s other New York clients began sporting their dinner jackets back at home.

While Posen went above and beyond the men’s dress code, THR spotted a few stars who didn’t sport the required white-tie and tails, either opting for white tuxedo jackets or traditional tuxes.

Men interpreted the white tie in a number of ways. Though technically it involves a black jacket with tails, Jay Z, for example, chose a white tuxedo jacket, sans tails, by Givenchy.