Editing Cummerbund (section)

===Form and occasion===
[[File:Cummerbund_(drawing).jpg|thumb|Cummerbund with [[dress shirt]]]]
The form of the cummerbund is a wide band around the waist. The fastening is a ribbon around the back, tied or held shut by a buckle or [[velcro]]. The contemporary use of the cummerbund is purely aesthetic, providing a transition between the shirt and the waistband.<ref>{{Citation | author-link = Alan Flusser| last = Flusser | first = Alan | year = 2002 | title = Dressing the Man | page = 246}}.</ref>  They have also expanded in less formal situations into use with components of white tie, particularly by musicians, who sometimes wear a white cummerbund instead of the traditional [[Piqué (weaving)|piqué]] waistcoat.<ref>{{Citation | last = Walroth | first = Chris | date = March 2001 | title = Behind | url = http://thewholenote.com/wholenote_mar_01/behind.html | newspaper = The Wholenote Magazine | url-status = live | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090215043139/http://thewholenote.com/wholenote_mar_01/behind.html | archivedate = 15 February 2009 }}.</ref>