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Victorian Men Morning Promenade Costume: Features a suit of grey Scotch stripe; the coat is the single-breasted university style with short turnovers closing by two buttons on the chest. The edges are plain and there are pockets in the back pleats. The sleeves have cuffs and two buttons at the seams. The suit includes a single-breasted university waistcoat and trousers.	Victorian Men Visiting Costume: Suit features a double-breasted Newmarket coat of black cloth with the edges bound with narrow braid. The turnovers descend nearly to the waist and the fronts are intended to be worn unbuttoned. There is a double-breasted waistcoat of buff drill with all the edges ornamented by white braid laid on flat. The trousers are of grey Angola.



Victorian Men Promenade Costume: Suit with a single-breasted morning jacket of dark brown ribbed worsted coating with the edges and cuffs bound with fine braid. The turnovers are long and well thrown back, and there are pockets on the hips covered by square flaps. The front edges and skirts are cut away with the corners well rounded off. The sleeves have fancy cuffs with two buttons at the hind arm seams. The suit includes a collarless waistcoat of white fancy quilting and bright brown stripe trousers.	Victorian Men Evening Dress Costume: Featuring a dress coat of black superfine cloth and lined with black glace silk. The black poplin waistcoat has the shawl form opening very low and has a second or under shawl imitated by a fold of white silk. The trousers are of black cashmere.

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Morning Lounging Costume:
Featuring a single-breasted lounging jacket of blue melton or worsted coating. The jacket is cut to fall nearly square and has short turnovers. The front edge is cut away with the corners well rounded off. The edges, including the skirt and breast pockets, are bound with narrow braid and there are cuffs edged with the same, with an opening at the arm seam and fastened by one button. The suit includes a single-breasted waistcoat of white quilting and trousers of grey striped Angola with narrow bands at the side seams.

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Morning Promenade Suit:
This costume features a double-breasted reefer with a military stand-up collar and short three-cornered turnovers. The material of the jacket is a dark indigo-blue check with the edges finished by stitching. The pockets in the left breast and in the front skirts all have narrow welts at the top. The sleeve has a fixed cuff with an opening at the arm seam which closes by shaped tabs or straps. Suit includes trousers of chocolate brown stripe.