男士在半正式場合穿著的晚禮服,1889年命名於紐約的Tuxedo Park,當時是富裕紐約人的主要「自命不凡的鄉村度假地」,也是首次穿著該禮服的鄉村俱樂部的所在地,據說始於1886年。
這個名字成為了複雜推測的吸引主題,有人提出與阿爾戈基語中「熊」或「狼」的詞語相關聯。然而,權威的布萊特(Bright)表示,該部落的名字可能最初是地名,可能是Munsee Delaware(阿爾戈基語)p'tuck-sepo「彎曲的河流」。
The frock coat, now de rigueur in New York, has not replaced the cutaway here, although the Tuxedo jacket is more and more seen and is worn for calling, dinners and the theatre and all evening entertainments, except dancing parties. [Philadelphia Inquirer, Nov. 1, 1889]
現在在紐約被視為必須的禮服,這裡的剪裁外衣並未被取代,儘管Tuxedo夾克越來越常見,並被用於拜訪、晚餐、劇院和所有晚間娛樂活動,除舞會外。[費城詢問者,1889年11月1日]
There was a hue and cry raised against the Tuxedo coat upon its first appearance because it was erroneously considered and widely written of as intended to displace the swallow tail. When the true import of the tailless dress coat came to be realized it was accepted promptly by swelldom, and now is widely recognized as one of the staple adjuncts of the jeunesse dorée. [Clothier and Furnisher, August 1889]
在Tuxedo外套首次亮相時,引起了廣泛的反對聲浪,因為人們錯誤地認為它是為了取代燕尾服。當無尾晚禮服的真正意義被認識後,它迅速被上層社會接受,如今被廣泛認為是jeunesse dorée的基本配件之一。[裁縫和家具商,1889年8月]