Spotlight: What's the difference between a tuxedo, a dinner jacket, a waistcoat and tails? Believe it or not, the tuxedo was designed as informal dinner wear for the Prince of Wales, in 1860. The prince invited a guest, James Potter of Tuxedo Park, NY, to have a similar jacket made for himself. When Potter first wore the jacket at the Tuxedo Park Club, on this date in 1886, it made such a big hit that it became standard dress for informal dinners there. Known locally as a tuxedo, a few years later most people outside America were calling it a dinner jacket. A waistcoat, by the way, is a kind of vest that the British once wore for formal dress. A tailcoat has a long, rounded split tail at the back.

Quote: "Just because you put a guy in a tuxedo, it doesn't mean he's a good guy." — Allen Iverson