Light coloured overcoats and dinner suits

[angelo]

It is well established by the dress code tradition that black ,dark grey, and blue overcoats are the appropriate overcoats to be worn with evening formal dresses including dinner suits. The two images shown in the collage both published on Esquire Magazine ,the left one from early 1936 and the right one from December 1939 , show us that an other option, represented by the use of camel wool overcoats with dinner suits, is possible thus giving evidence that in the classical men dressing era the matching of light coloured overcoats with evening formal dresses was not considered as an heresy. I would like to have comments and opinions from LL members on this not yet completely explored topic.
Angelo

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[RWS]

In my circles, a camel's hair coat is still acceptable (though not favored) for wear with black tie. I've worn one myself, though I feel more comfortable wearing a Chesterfield over a dinner jacket and would (I think, for I haven't one) feel more comfortable still wearing a dark, dark blue paddock/frock/something-of-the-sort overcoat.

One advantage of a camel's hair is its lightness, making it ideal for the cooler evenings of spring and autumn.

[storeynicholas]

It's not so much the top coats (hang loose) but a boater with either black tie or a camel hair coat: I positively fear for College!!!!!!!!!