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According to the Oxford English Dictionary , the first published use of the saying came in a 1719 poem Epistle to Ramsay by William Hamilton: The bonny Lines therein thou sent me, / How to the nines they did content me. The exact phrasing appeared in 1837 in The New York Herald : One evening a smart young mechanic, dressed to the nines, might have been seen wending his way along Broadway. Today, to the nines commonly describes a situation where someone has gone all out, clothing-related or otherwise
Formal attire is the most common and best-fitting choice for fancy occasions, and male attendees have to know how to follow the desired code and dress appropriately for each one
The black and white composition of the 2025 inaugural gown aligns with that established visual language
