Black tie isn't only for the guys.

In 1966, women everywhere fell in love with Yves Saint Laurent's Le Smoking, a tuxedo suit designed for women. Ever since, it's been a wardrobe staple for the apparel-educated fashionista. Now the tuxedo jacket is showing up on Hollywood fashion elite in fab variations on the classic design.

The contemporary tuxedo jacket is cropped, and a spectacular way to make dressed-down suddenly high fashion. It can be paired with casual jeans and a T-shirt, thrown over a slim cut dress or pencil skirt, or glammed up with black pants and lots of bling. It's party-ready, easy to pull together, and stylish as all get out. We're all over this "trend."

Since the tuxedo jacket will become a staple in your wardrobe, you can totally justify it. Or just get a knock-off! Paul & Joe, Edgarpoe Tuxedo Jacket, $855, net-a-porter.com

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