noun
definition
A broad sash, especially one that is pleated lengthwise and worn as an article of formal dress, as around a man's waist together with a tuxedo or dinner jacket.
Examples of cummerbund in a Sentence
It wears a cummerbund about the waist; no buckles.
Soft neck collar, padded cummerbund, back and shoulder area.
A silk cummerbund encircled his slim hips and a tall, sombrero style hat stood high on his head.
You may want your cummerbund and bowtie to coordinate with her colors.
Incorporating color into wedding menswear usually was left to the bowtie, necktie, cummerbund, vest, and boutonniere.
Men's tuxedos usually include a tie or bowtie and vest or cummerbund, allowing you to use a main or accent color in their attire.
Choose a flirty style skirt with a crinoline underskirt or a simple strapless satin sheath with a ribbon cummerbund in a coordinating color.
A cummerbund or waistcoat is acceptable as well.
This includes a black tuxedo (white dinner jackets are sometimes permissable), black shoes, a white shirt with pleated or ribbed front, a cummerbund and bowtie.
Men wear jewelry too and will sport a bright scarf for special occasions, worn either around the neck or the waist as a cummerbund.
Dinner dress uniforms add such parts as a dress shirt and bowtie, a short jacket with bow tie or neck tab, and a cummerbund.
Officers wear the jacket open, with a cummerbund and black bow tie.