WHITE JACKETS WHERE'RE YOU LOOK

 

The two fellows in the prompt picture appear to be on a ship of some kind - a cruise ship, perchance?  From their white jackets I assume they're part of the staff. Are they, perhaps, chefs or other service members?


Cruise ship staff members– the middle fellow’s jacket looking somewhat like those worn by the duo in the prompt picture.  Is he a chef?  He has epaulets on his shoulders?  Perhaps he’s an executive chef?

Here’s a happy cruise ship chef.


A lineup of cruise ship chefs.

A staff member bringing a meal to a passenger’s room.

I wouldn’t mind having this handsome fellow captaining my ship – or maybe I would?  He looks a little young for such an important position.  But I’d appreciate him as any other officer! J

Now then, a cruise ship is not the only place you’re going to see men in white jackets.  In the 1960’s men in white dress jackets were often seen in wedding pix such as the ones below . . .




This was my youngest sister’s wedding lineup in 1972.

Here, my cousin Don and my brother are in white dress jackets schmoozing with the bridesmaids at my cousin George’s wedding in 1963. 

Once again we’re going to shift gears.  Where else might you catch males in dress white jackets?  At your high school prom – also in the 1960s.

First off is the kind of awkward pose at home before the prom.  And good heavens, look at that hairdo! 

This couple, however, managed the pre-prom photo at home pretty well, actually.

So you arrive at the prom and there are the prom King & Queen.

After paying your respects to the King and Queen you get to pose with your prom date under a pretty setup for a photo by a professional photographer.

And now it’s time to dance.  Hopefully the fellow at the piano is not playing solo, but is part of a band or combo?

Time out for a little refreshment with your friends.  Looks like there’s one holdout on the white jackets.

Back to dancing except it looks like they’re trying to perform the Grand March?

There are only a few white jackets here, but this is the way the conclusion of the Grand March should look.  It was taken when I was attending summer music camp at the College (now University) of Pacific in Stockton, Calif.  We wound up with 10 rows of 16 across and executed the maneuver perfectly.  I’m somewhere in the back – I think we were in the 7th row?

And now back to actual dancing.  That appears to be the same fellow playing the piano so this must be the same prom we started out with.

There are, of course, many other instances where a fellow might be sporting a white jacket, but I’ll leave those for another time. 

:->

La Nightingail

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