Is Gonzaga the only school that wears white suit jackets to graduation? Seems ver Great Gatsby

[Anonymous]

Just looking at pictures from Graduation ceremonies on social media. Is Gonzaga the only school that wears white suit jackets or do others in this area? It looks very Great Gatsby. What is the history of it?

[Anonymous]

Jesuit Fairfield Prep wears white jacket tux too.

[Anonymous]

They’re tuxedos. With black pants. Not suits with white jackets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jesuit Fairfield Prep wears white jacket tux too.

Fordham Prep in NY does it too. Maybe it’s a Jesuit school thing.

[Anonymous]

Red robes look very Handmaid’s Tail. White robes and dresses look very bridey. Black robes look very hot.

[Anonymous]

St. Anselm's also does this.

[Anonymous]

the boys at my school wore tux with dinner jacket (the white one) and girls white dresses. Many of the private schools do this. It's probably because it seems "right" to me, but I prefer this to cap and gown for high school. The dinner jacket is a "less formal" black tie.

[Anonymous]

Georgetown Prep does, as well

[Anonymous]

The history is forever. My father graduated from Gonzaga in 1965 in the white tuxedo. It’s nothing new.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:St. Anselm's also does this.

And they have photos in the school commons of every graduating class in the school's history wearing the same graduation tuxedo.

[Anonymous]

A white dinner jacket is summer black tie. It is a lighter weight jacket than standard black tie and is traditionally worn in the summer for black tie events.

[Anonymous]

It’s a Jesuit school thing.

[Anonymous]

St Paul’s in Baltimore - episcopal. White tails.

[Anonymous]

Yup it's tradition at Jesuit schools (and maybe other Catholic boys schools). Another tradition is to break out the cigars after the ceremony.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s a Jesuit school thing.

My DH’s Jesuit school in Jersey had caps and gowns.