Stroller (style)

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The stroller is a form of men's semi-formal daytime dress comprising a single-breasted, one- or two-button, peaked-lapel coat (grey or black), grey striped trousers, a necktie (grey or silver), and a waistcoat (ceremonial dove grey or funeral black). This makes it largely identical to the formal morning dress from which it is derived, with the exception of the differring coat and the exclusive use of a necktie and turndown collar.

For a semi-formal day wedding, the groom dresses in a dark grey coat with a dove-grey waistcoat; for a funeral, the mourner wears a matching black jacket and waistcoat. In the Continent and the Commonwealth, morning dress is worn to formal day events; the stroller in the U.S. The stroller is the semi-formal day time equivalent of the semi-formal evening dress dinner jacket or tuxedo (black tie); morning dress is the formal day dress equivalent of evening formal dress (white tie).

In German, a stroller is called a Stresemann, after German chancellor Gustav Stresemann; in Japan, it is known as a "director's suit", from the term "inside director".