Why did the shirt, jacket and tie become the international standard dress code for business and governments?

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Why did the shirt, jacket and tie become the international standard dress code for business and governments?

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A lot of people have given you a lot of amazing information about suits but one of the reasons is that the poor couldn’t afford suits. A suit elevated you above the common man. There is a load of psychology theory that goes into why people wear suits but that is the simplest reason. If your question is why suits instead of traditional Islamic/Chinese clothing etc then it’s more complicated.