Tail coat

Fitted tailcoat with body cut to the waist, with lapels and long, curved coattails. It has four buttonhole pockets, one inside each front panel and two in each coattail. Flat, circular, buttons with a checkered motif in a slanting position on both front panels. It has two more buttons with false buttonholes on each cuff and another two buttons at the opening of the coattails.

The French tailcoat was an outfit used for social occasions. It comprises a jacket or skirted frock coat, waistcoat, and straight cloth trousers. It was worn with a white silk shirt, bow tie and top hat.

This Parisian brand was created by Pierre Parissot in 1824, and gave rise to the success of ready-made clothing and the appearance of warehouses for selling product ranges.