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When worn more literally, the tuxedo can actually be more subversive not because it obfuscates or disguises a womans femininity, but because it removes gender from the conversation by treating the tuxedo with an attention to detail and reverence for convention often linked to black tie dressing. AdvertisementADVERTISEMENT What has changed in recent years, Yang posits, is the level of commitment celebrities have to doing tuxedos their way, as opposed to not-so-long-ago, when the only way we saw tuxes styled with bare chests, red lips, and stiletto heels, as if to overcompensate for wearing a garment not traditionally associated with femininity

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