TCWOTD: Faux, Faux Pas

Basically, faux = fake / bad / wrong. Don't pronounce the x!

Examples

• faux suede: https://www.google.com/search?q=faux+suede
  They're cheap, animal friendly, but real suede looks much better IMO.
• faux pas: https://www.google.com/search?q=faux+pas
  foh pah; a slip or blunder in etiquette, manners, or conduct; an embarrassing social blunder or indiscretion.
  Example: wearing dress shirt with a tuxedo jacket
• Terrible sartorial faux pas committed by people who don't know what they're doing

JFK

Why did JFK button both buttons?

Why JFK Always Fastened Both Buttons – Put This On

JFK suffered from chronic back pain throughout his life, and wore the brace over his shirt. His suits needed to be fit specially to accommodate the brace and he almost always kept both buttons of his jacket done up to conceal it. (Many thought the buttoning of both jacket buttons was merely a sartorial faux pas.)

TIL about his infidelity and more details about his assasination (scroll to bottom).

Dress code on invitations?

I learned that in pre-war era, dress code for dinner parties weren't written on the invitations, because people knew what was expected, and writing it on the invitations would be considered faux pas.