Morning Coat Top Hat

A black or grey morning coat single breasted with peak lapels and cutaway tails.

Morning coat top hat. A handkerchief may be worn in the left breast pocket with an understated buttonhole. Yellow chamois gloves black socks never a topcoat regardless of the weather carry a black tightly furled city umbrella if it is raining. A handkerchief may be worn in the left breast pocket with an understated buttonhole. Black top hat not grey it must fit and worn on the front of the head not off the back.

The following can optionally be worn or carried with morning dress. The hat should sit 1 above the ear and sit forwards so that it is positioned flat over the head. Alternatively a top hat. Uniformly coloured morning coat trousers and waistcoat.

A top hat either classic silk plush or a modern melusine fur replacement for silk plush as it is no longer in mainstream manufacture. With the morning coat you never wear a belt but always suspenders that way everything stays up. As for shoes highly polished black lace up smart slip on shoes. A grey or black top hat is worn with morning dress for extra special occasions.

A black silk or grey fur top hat antique silk plush if possible. You want a morning coat that is cut away in the front. A grey or black top hat is worn with morning dress for racing but at most other events it is carried rather than worn and may be dispensed with. Keep in mind long tails also require a top hat.

Women smart daywear such as a dress or skirt worn with a jacket. See more ideas about top hat hats morning coat.