Evander Berry Wall
Evander Berry Wall was a New York City socialite and later an American expatriate in France during the Belle Époque and beyond. Wall is credited for having been the first person in the U.S. to wear a dinner jacket to a ball. His social circle included the Duchess of Windsor, the Grand Duke Dimitri of Russia, the Aga Khan, and ex-king Nicholas of Montenegro.
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Evander Berry Wall was a New York City socialite and later an American expatriate in France during the Belle Époque and beyond. He was famous for his extravagantly refined look and was crowned ‘King of the Dudes’ in the 1880s. Wall is credited for having been the first person in the U.S. to wear a dinner jacket to a ball. His social circle included the Duchess of Windsor, the Grand Duke Dimitri of Russia, the Aga Khan, and ex-king Nicholas of Montenegro.
Wall always dined at the Ritz with his dog, whose collars and ties were made by Charvet in the same style and fabric as his master’s. During World War I, the Walls stayed in France and put all their social connections to use. For their fundraising efforts on behalf of wounded servicemen, each of the Walls was awarded the French Legion of Honour medal. Wall wrote his memoirs in his late seventies, and they were published after his death in 1940.
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