I want to see JJ in his Windsor Uniform. Out of Canadian patriotism he needs to outdo Idi Amin's medals. Nobody else has a Maple Syrup Award or a Golden Maple Leaf.
TissuePaper Canadian here 👋 We're still part of the commonwealth. www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/international_relations-relations_internationales/multilateral-multilateraux/commonwealth.aspx?lang=eng
Apparently in Japan, the word for 'suit' or 'tuxedo' is "Sebiro", which is a corruption of the name "Saville Row", the street in London famous for men's tailors.
The word for suit in Japanese is Suitsu (スーツ) and the word for Tuxedo is literally タキシード or Takishido. I live in Japan so when it comes to buisness I use these words often. Sebiro is an old word that isnt used anymore but it is good trivia so good on ya.
Honestly the death of Queen Elizabeth, or a commonwealth coronation is as close as you're gonna get to a "world leader party". Last time would have been the Shah's of Iran's party for the 2500th anniversary of the Persian Empire.
I think Josip Broz Tito also almost had a world leader party. I mean what other funeral had the leaders or representatives of the USA, China, USSR all be in the same place. Even the fucking Provos fucking sent their leader, just imagine how awkward it would’ve been for Thatcher to see the leader of the IRA lmfao
That's a field uniform, normally they'd wear appropriate formal outfits/dresscodes related to their ranks and positions ( imagine presenting yourself before the queen in full combat fatigue complete with face paint, a rifle, rucksack, and a smelly and dishiveled appearance)
This was actually done at times, but typically it was dress armor/parade armor. This is actually a substantial fraction of museum armor since it tended to survive a lot more than battle kit. Anything adorned excessively that you've ever seen was never intended for actual use.
11:39 The real Drácula was related to a chivalry order named “Order of the Dragon” founded by Emperor Seigismund at the dawn of the XV century. Many prominent Central and Eastern Europeans were members, amongst them Vlad II, Dracula’s father, hence the name meaning “son of the dragon”. Also, contrary to what the novel says, Dracula was prince of Wallachian
Ahh yes, the administration of president dad, who’s biggest accomplishment was winning control of the thermostat and amending the constitution to only dad jokes
Correction: The "Mao Suit" is actually called "Zhongshan Suit(中山装)" in Chinese. It was worn originally by the father of modern China "Sun Yet Sen (孙中山)". Officials of both CCP and KMT have worn them for the reason to inherit the revolutionary legacy of Sun.
The Portuguese Order of Christ has a very interesting background. When the Knights Templar were extinguished all over Europe, the King of Portugal, Dinis I, simply changed their official name to Order of Christ. The name was different, but the knights and properties were the same. So the Templar still exist in Portugal, they simply use other name.
@@Calivion1 what do you mean? Was he a good king? The answer is yes he was a extremely competent king and one of the best kings of Portugal. Was he a good person? Well we really can't say if he was a good person, but it's said that he was extremely compassionate to the people especially to the peasants.
14:58 lmao that weird outfit Xi is wearing is 1) not even a "Mao" suit and 2) makes him look like a Catholic priest. Kim Jong Un, on the other hand, wears a pretty accurate "Mao" suit.
"Indonesian guy seems to have a lot of fun looks..." 😂 Yeah every year at independence day of Indonesia, the president change the look to every ethnicity here. Sometime Balinese,Javanes,etc
Yeah. And this year he wears the clothing from NTT, right? Not on the Independence Day, but the Sabu clothing he worn this week really reminded everyone of that guy from Mortal Combat.
My grandfather actually recived the legion of honor for his service during WW2 for the help of liberating of France. 2 other members in his legion also received the medal as well. Its extremely beautiful up close.
Yea it's kinda sad, I would love to see leaders in those, Gaddafi and Idi Amin has overdone it a little bit, but still. It gives more formality, and I think it's good to take pride in their military background if they have one, and an official uniform for prime ministers and presidents isn't a bad idea either.
J.j: "white tie is extremely rare and basically only ever worn by super elite political leaders at super elite political ceremonies" Me: *laughs in Dutch college student*
Most Finnish doctors, at least once. Though we make it up with accessorising with at least a special type of a top hat, and for some faculties collars, capes or swords. Gets wilder with the "medieval" academic uniforms, though around here we have only one prof who at formal events wears that robe of his.
In Austria at the Opernball (opera ball) every man is required to wear white tie. And I've also seen a wedding where all men were wearing morning dress (only once - most men wear suits to a wedding). By the way: in morning dress the coat is usually black and the trousers are striped in a morning suit the coat and the trousers are made from the same fabric (usually grey)
11:22 Actually, Dracula's father was a prominent member of the Order of the Dragon, which is where the whole family line got the name Dracula from. It was an actual chivalric order dedicated to fighting the Ottomans. The members wore a chain around their neck with a medallion of a dragon with blood on it's back forming a christian cross.
And actually Draculas family has nothing to do with Transylvania wich was a part of Hungary at the time but they were princes of Wallachia now Romania (btw Transylvania never had a count only a voivode and a prince),
@@davidholecsko8998 Yes and Vlad Dracul III wasn't a count either, he was a prince because he ruled one of the 3 principalities in the area (Moldova, Wallachia, Transylvania) that all had a similar cultural group that is now called Romania.
I'm not sure if this is going to be a very interesting comment, but here goes.... Many residents of the state of Missouri pronounce it "Missouruh". When I was a kid in the 1960s one would hear the Missouree/Missouruh pronunciations about 50/50. Nowadays I'd say it's more like 80/20.. Most young people pronounce it with the -ee ending. Many people assume that the -uh version is hick-talk, but that is not the case. If you hear a historian refer to the Indian tribe, they will pronounce it Missouria. The old writings such as the Lewis and Clark journals spell it that way. So both pronunciations are historical. I myself believe a true Missourian pronounces it "Missouruh".
@@uekiguy5886 I'm sorryyyy if this seems like a super weird question but I just clicked on your channel and you're subbed to a few Chinese channels. Do you have asian heritage? I don't know why I wanted to ask 🙈
It's even worse when he called the Zhongshan suit the Mao jacket, the jacket wasn't designed for Socialism, it was designed for Chinese Nationalists and was the official suit of Taiwanese politicians longer than Mainland politicians.
Ah, I thought it was weird, but being a native French speaker (yes, J.J. does have French Canadian Quebecers among his subscribers XD) I couldn't say whether he was wrong or not. Thanks for clearing that up.
Only people of a certain generation and in very rural parts of Missouri still pronounce it that way. That pronunciation used to be more common, but that was never the pronunciation in either the Kansas City or St. Louis metropolitan areas.
In one of his older videos of opening fan mail, he talked about St Lawrence “Missora”, which totally messed will me until I realize, at like 2 am, that he was in fact referring to Missouri.
the "Mao suit" was officially known as "Sun Yat-Sen" suit, designed and popularized by Sun Yat-Sen of all people. It was based on Japanese cadet uniform, which was then in terms based on the French tunic. There was a period where both officials from the PRC and ROC wore that, although most people faded out using such nowadays.
4:40 hold on a second, the era you refer to was called the "Victorian Era". Queen Victoria. Woman holding an important government job was a thing. So inspiration could be drawn from her.
All government uniforms should have inspiration from the Victorian era. So women's government uniforms should have the combination of Queen Victoria's dresses 18th century dresses and the morning suit
Um he’s Canadian Or are you saying that your an American yet you claim your Irish makes you laugh because of how horribly he pronounced Missouri which is pronounced Miss-sour-ri?
@@shayne-1880 Exactly! It also led to _Half_ _as_ _Interesting_ making a video about it! For more information: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lxQ19dzi4YQ.html
one of my favorite leaders' clothes was how each week, libyan leader muammar gaddafi would wear a different traditional garment from a different one of libya's native tribes. it was fun to see him in like a leopard-patterned toga or a bright green dress or whatever. every week it was something new, and they were all stunning and unique. it was one of the cool things he did.
3:52 Fun Fact: The person on screen is former Governor of Missouri, Mel Carnahan who served as governor between 1993 and 2000. He is also notable as, he is to date, the only dead person elected to the US Senate. In the year 2000, there was both a gubernatorial election and Senate election is Missouri; Carnahan had already been elected twice as governor so he was term limited and could not run. As a result, Carnahan ran for the Senate seat instead, aiming to beat the incumbent Senator, John Ashcroft. In some states, such as Missouri, once a particular amount of time has elapsed since a person got has gotten their name on the ballot, they can no longer withdraw them their name the ballot; even if they no longer want to be in that office. On October 16th, 3 weeks before the Senate election, Mel Carnahan was on a private flown by his son and with his campaign advisor; the plane crashed in poor weather conditions, killing all onboard. Because the aforementioned Missouri law, Mel's name could not be removed from the ballot; so even though Mel Carnahan met his demise, people could still vote for him. The campaign before his death was, the election was a tossup. On November 7th, Mel Carnahan's name on the ballot surprisingly defeated John Ashcroft, making Mel the only person posthumously elected to the US Senate. As for the aftermath of this, the Missouri government decided that electing a dead guy was the equivalent of the office being vacant on day one, so the new governor used his power to appoint the recently widowed, former First Lady of Missouri, Jean Carnahan as the Senator in place of her husband until a special election could be held.
@@benselectionforcasting4172 I live in Missouri and the Carnahans and Ashcroft's were both very respected or at least as respected as a family of politicians can be so I can only assume that's why
@Shayne Cytrynbaum If you think Trump is comically large, look at President William Howard Taft who was so obese (weighing over 300 pounds) that a new bathtub was installed at the White House that fits four people.
Wow finally somebody made a content about this. I've been reading about this topic for a long time since I'm interested in leaders outfit. I'm Indonesian and I thaught my country is the only one who still use special outfit for government official but apparently many countries, includes the westerns, still use it as well. But until now I can't find other country beside Indonesia and Thailand who has uniformed outfit for regular civil servant, not military personnel. If somebody know about it please let me know. Thank you :)
Ikr, they even have the eselon ranks mark on the shoulders. I don't think Pak Camats and Pak Lurahs would even bother to know their ranks in government LOL.
@@embassyofbellerose8344 it's not micronations, indonesia used to consist of small kingdoms with different cultures in every states, that's why our president sometimes wears so many different outfits when he visits local regions, it's kind of respecting local culture
11:35 Not just any order! The very reason Vlad Tepes was called "Dracula" was because his father was one of the key members of the knightly Order of the Dragon; "Dracula" means "son of the Dragon".
@@heri9949 I think the background behind it is worth mentioning though. It dates back ever since the Spanish era, usually these kinds of clothes are made out of cotton and silk but since Filipinos can't afford it, they cleverly weaved it through Pineapple or banana fiber, and it's been a cultural mark of Filipino citizens since these are the original dresses their ancestors have worn. It's honestly better than giving into tuxedo's and suits, to give themselves originality and respect to the past. And calling it ugly is an overstatement lol, I get it's your opinion but I personally find it as one of my favorites. Barong Tagalogs have different designs in terms of textile and color, and the translucency of the cloth is unique and blends well with the textile and colors, seriously it looks cool. The plain white Barong Tagalog looks like a formal attire from the Spanish Times, which it is, and since Filipinos adapted it, it also became their own formal attire back in the day, and that in itself is cool. It's simple yet unique.
8:37 "Now, when the Native people first reached out to me..." I think the preferred term these days is "First Nations." Thank you, I'll be here all week.
@@tamamatu6395 Not really. The title of Queen of Canada is a separate title from the Queen of the United Kingdom, it just happens that one person has both.
I didn't realize Virginia (my home state) still did the morning dress suit for the governor, that's kinda neat Also Missouri is pronounced more like: Miz-ur-ee or, if you wanna be funny: Misery
an even more obscure thing is the "The privilege of white", where certain wives of kings/Queens of catholic nations can wear a white dress & veil when meeting the pope. Every other wife or woman is expected to wear black.
14:35 Haha! Jokowi! Yes, our president is under a rather significant extent of pressure to adorn these various traditional outfits (they're not even uniforms, really) from across the country. Historically the concept of Indonesia has never been quite natural. The modern justification for Indonesian sovereignty is a harkening back to the "Majapahit Empire" which was really just an empire in the central island of Java that subjected the rest of the archipelago to tribunal vassilage. Even when the modern country came about in the post-war era, lots of blood was shed between those trying to make the country happen and those determined **not** to join along. Until today internal stability is still a major issue for the Java-based Indonesian government (with President Jokowi being really the first president to establish economic growth specifically *outside* of Java as an administrative priority) and so due to a severe lack of cultural integrity from one end of the country to the other, a lot of the nationalist rhetoric revolves around the whole "Unity in Diversity" idea/concept (Bhinneka Tunggal Ika/Unity in Diversity being the national motto)
@@shahranhussain6037 they have announced the new location, and it seems that they have started the ground laying for the new capital. To add on John's comment, Jokowi's push to wear traditional attire of the various tribes is something that is quite unique to him, at least so far. I guess the rhetoric that he is trying to build is that, Indonesia should not be only for those in Java, hence also the move of the capital. Politically, this will greatly disrupt the monopoly by corrupt and mafia bureaucracy that is established in Java.
So, just to be clear, Morning Dress, or a Morning Suit, is the second most formal attire in the formality hierarchy, and as such, is subject to very specific conditions. It's often colloquially referred to as a Weddeing Suit these days, though not really accurate, but you DO indeed see Morning Dress worn at weddings, often with a Wedding Tie in lieu of an Ascot. There's a difference between Morning Dress/Coat and Morning Suit too. Morning Dress is the coat, a formal vest, and the iconic pants. Morning Suits are worn, usually, with matching pants, or a very dark grey, with Herringbone or Houndstooth pattern or the like, instead of the stripes, and dark, but coloured, vest, rather than a matching waistcoat. They are often, though not always worn with the silver wedding tie too, rather than an Ascot. The shirt is the same, a fly fronted pinned shirt, in white, and you wear suspenders never a belt. Shoes? Theoretically you can wear simple black Oxfords, OR you CAN possibly go for a Derby, or even a nice dress boot. If the latter, you can wear spats. Actually, as a "coat" ensemble you can also wear a Boater, or Derby or Bowler as a hat. BUT, the "Suit" is almost exclusively worn with plain black Oxfords, and Top Hat, the latter being always worn, even if the shoes are not Oxfords. Oh, and speaking of Ascots, this attire has another home, beyond weddings, and high office, Racetracks. Horse racing events vary in formalities, but those flashy special ones, where the ladies get crazy with the hats? That's where men wear Morning Dress/Suits too. Oh, what those women WEAR under those hats, to those races and weddings? That's the female equivalent these days, and how a "Lady" should dress should she be attending a Morningwear event. You can see why Obama nixed it. Now White Tie. That's another beast altogether. White Tie is THE most formal attire in formality hierarchy. The Tail Coat is NOT a Tuxedo, at all, the Fashionista and Spezzatura crowd will be mortified should they hear such a Faux Pas. No, White Tie consists of a pinned white shirt, often even today with separate collar that is affixed, the black tailcoat, black pants of the same bolt of material, with two satin finished stripes, as opposed to the tuxedos one, and a white bowtie. Suspenders are worn, never a belt, Cuffs are linked, your shoe options are black Oxfords or Opera slippers only, and a Top Hat is the ONLY choice in headwear. Opera slippers is a good segue into the when too. Actually, ANY formal occasion may be set as White Tie, my nephews 21st Birthday was White Tie, held at an approriately chic locale, however, some events are almost exclusively White Tie. Not just State Dinners, which often, but not always, are, but also some other very formal events. Some classical music productions, some opera premier's, in fact, Austria has a very active White Tie culture surrounding their many different opera and classical music festivals and opening seasons. The female equivalent for white tie is the Gown, usually with full length gloves that removed upon entering the event, as well as a shawl that matches the gown. Shoes? A little more freedom here than men, but normally a heeled affair no matter what. Additionally, below Morningwear is Black Tie (well some will tell you it's Daywear, or Day Suit, but we'll not get in to that). THIS is your Tuxedo scene. Here is where you wear one of those or a Dinner Jacket, or rarely, if an attendee is a very high ranking military officer, a Mess Coat. These days, almost without fail, if attending a Black Tie event, a Head of State or Government will wear Black Tie over anything more formal or official dress, even if they'd often wear that ubiquitous Morning Coat in days past. Funnily enough, it does seem the majority, if male at least, will go for a Dinner Jacket ensemble rather than a straight tuxedo. It's all very interesting, but just worth knowing what it all means, and why a leader might wear a race meet suit for one thing, a penguin suit rarely for another, or what appears to be an orphan jacket with tuxedo pants another time.
Say one thing about the victorians, they sure were into clothing etiquette. Although, I kind of wish we were too. Things are getting a little too casual for my taste. I wear a suit to work and it's just fine. I mean, I don't expect to see truck drivers and gas station attendants wearing peaked caps and bowties like they did in the 1940s and 50s but I liked it more when people who actually had uniformed jobs had to wear a smart looking uniform. I like to see a mail delivery person wearing a postal uniform, the person who delivers my mail usually wears gym shorts and a t-shirt as opposed to any type of official letter carrier uniform. I like to see police in peaked caps or wide brim hats and fire men wearing Bell crown hats. Airlines and some English writing events are the only organizations I can think of that have kept up the dress requirements of days gone by.
@@CaptOrbit Well believe it or not, in the right circles these traditions still hold. Once upon a time, even just going to the theatre was White Tie dress, well, depending on where and which one, all dinner parties that included anyone remotely nobility too. Yet even today, there are indeed certain balls, dinners, and arts performances, like the Opera season openings in certain places, where you still see White Tie. Additionally, if an Orchestra is considered world class, and plays the biggest concert halls and opera houses, they are often expected to dress the part, which means White Tie, men in Tail Suits, women begowned. It's the same with Morningwear. Some weddings, some Race carnivals, some honouring celebrations, you'll not be attending unless it's in Morning attire, long coated men, short formal womenswear with crazy hat. Black Tie is fairly common though, never truly declined. Even I, very working class rural man from bush Australia, own a Dinner Jacket. Some have gone away, you rarely see "Daywear" anymore, the ladies "Summer" dressed, with more conservative hats, the men in their stroller suits: A 'Suit' consisting of Morning pants, formal shirt, and a seemingly orphan different suit jacket...actually a 'day coat', or if entitled a blazer, with a more richly coloured vest than a Morning Suit, finished off with Homburg, Trilby, Boater, Bowler or Panama..... ...BUT, some events, like certain Garden Parties, and many exclusive sporting club events still, like rowing or sailing club regatas will even today stipulate Daywear. These kinds of things, and the events that would precipitate such attire and conventions are just more cloistered now. The 1% was more like 25%, because there was no middle class. The haves, between tax concessions, land rights, and exclusive political enfranchisment, combined with political exclusion, no labour laws, or wage regulations, and low education for the have nots, meant that the wealth gap was large, the haves kept their having, on the backs of the have nots who only had need, and so the visibility was much greater. Voting rights, labour laws, including wage regulations, land reforms, and public education expansion, of course, eroded the gap, and created a working class and middle class at the expense of the ruling classes. Suddenly, these days, it's both that there's less people in those circles, so less events, so it's less common and less public to see such things, AND, it's considered somewhat tasteless and vulgar to flaunt it anyway, making it even less visible, by design. It is this history that makes me a little torn. I do agree in part with what you say, but I also understand it's a sign of progress and improvements and move away from classisms that we see less and less people presenting in officialized or formalized manners even in the workplace.
The wearing of a tailcoat in correct fashion requires a wing collar. Shirtfronts for white tie should be highly starched too. As there are very few laundries left now who do this type of starching for collars and shirtfronts - the practice of wearing proper formal wear has dropped off. Same goes for black silk top hats. The company in France who used to do the silk closed down and they are no longer made. Shoes for morning dress and evening dress should be patent leather.
Correction: It is not Mao uniform for China but “Sun Yat Sen” Uniform 中山装, Sun was the founder of the first republic of China but not PRC. China. That’s why Taiwan wore it too.
11:13 "Can you imagine if the American President was the head of The Order of Christ?" No. But I can easily imagine Trump being the head of The Order of Satan or The Order of the Anti-Christ. Easily.
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Living in the eastern-ish part of the world, i always loved that i learned so much about the western world and its culture through this channel. Thank you JJ! Edit: WAITTT i just finished watching the video and extremely shocked to see my country (Indonesia) here!! Yes, us as a nation had a massive amount of heritage with their own culture including the outfits! That's why our president Joko Widodo tried to use different types of traditional outfits on different occasions, usually when he visit certain area he would wear the traditional outfit of that place :) and yup, all the civil servant in this country had their own respective official civil uniform!
But the all-white ones wasn't a presidency uniform tho. It usually worn by regional governments like governor mayor regent etc. Keknya itu baju doi pas jadi gub dki deh
@@dnitisastra Yup, because these white uniforms were specially designed for top ranking civil servants, and Jokowi right now is no longer a civil servant... because "president" is a title, not a rank
I'm Chinese and I don't even know what the hell he is wearing because that sure as hell is not a "Mao" suit (which was actually a thing invented before Mao during the Republic of China period). But yeah, he looks absolutely ridiculous in that outfit lmao.
@@candacen7779 My mother loves mispronouncing place names, or using really outdated "hick" pronunciations. Amuses her to do so. Met a few other Canadians who do the same.
@@GonkDroid0923 Fun fact, the title King of kings was given to most of the emperors if Persia, who came BEFORE and after Jesus. He kinda just copied it... Actually, it's kinda known that Cyrus the Great was the one who coined the term King Of Kings.
@@holyfatboi1016 Yeah, to a certain extent. Iran was very rich back then, and, by broke, you mean broke the hearts of the Iranians. Actually, the party was criticized for not having Iranians invited to it, not for being expensive, which it was...
@@GonkDroid0923 Actually Persians had roughly the same idea. They used the title "King of Kings" when they were Zoroastrian, but after being defeated by the Arabs and converting to Islam, they came to think that using such a title is blasphemous and began referring to their leaders as High Kings (i.e. padishah) instead.
14:44 Mao Jacket? That’s the Zhongshan suit! Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, the first President of China, and the first democratically elected leader of Asia commissioned that style of suit as a new modern style of dress with Occidental and Oriental influences and set the trend of wearing it. His successor Chiang Kai-Shek, continued the tradition of wearing it, and when Mao Zedong deposed Chiang Kai-Shek and sent him fleeing to Taiwan, he emulated them by wearing the suit perhaps to appear more legitimate as a ruler.
The last time I saw dignitaries wearing ceremonial clothing was at the coronation of the new and actual Emperor of Japan, last year. A whole lot of the actual mandatories attended in gala outfits.
@@alphabettical1 In the Canadian military the rank of lieutenant is pronounced leftenant, and lieutenant-governor is supposed to be pronounced the same way
I was really hoping Trudeau would wear the Windsor Uniform or something like that to Charles' Coronation, but he just wore a regular business suit... Disappointing.
It was President Washington's wish that the USA not have a standing army, rather that it would call upon the State militias of the then 13 states. They had excessive proof that a militarized police force would be used to limit the rights of the population. As such, until FDR and the Cold War, 75% of the armed forces would be decommissioned and sent home. But with the risk presented, quote unquote, by the Soviet Union it was decided that having the military industrial complex shut down for any length of time would risk ending the republic.
When the morning suit was brought up, it took me a second but I realised why I recognize it: Sir Topham Hatt of Thomas the Tank Engine! According to the 'Awdry's Railway Series' Wiki (?!), until the 1950's, British railway officials wore these suits.
Another interesting note about the white tie is while it may be very rare for formal occasions, it is still quite prevalent elsewhere. I sing in a choir and perform in orchestras in a University setting and we have a white tie suit we wear for many performances. Many orchestras that uphold more traditional dress codes also require this
Eisenhower was the last US President to where medals. He has many from his post WW2 days and would where them a lot. You can Google a picture of him at the danish state dinner for example.
Why do you feel the need to say this? What does this contribute? Do you do this in real life? Do you open your window up in the morning and just yell out nonsense?
@@user-xs1nh3hy5n Why do you feel the need to say this? What does this contribute? Do you do this in real life? Do you open your window up in the morning and just ruin people's fun?
I’m quite astonished that Saudi Arabia and the gulf countries royals were not mentioned, even though they are the only heads of states that do not wear western attire in the modern times
