Charles Hewes’ frock coat wedding suit, also displayed, was found in the McDowell house attic. Tragically, Elizabeth’s groom died of typhoid fever six weeks after the wedding.

It may be off-season in Hollywood, but Broadway’s biggest names were on hand to deliver plenty of red-carpet glamour at the 78th Annual Tony Awards.

As morning dress was replaced by the lounge suit and the frock coat was more or less isolated to the Court, the waistcoat was no longer a certainty in a man’s daily wardrobe.