DEFINITION

A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or

blouse, often waist length to thigh length.

The word jacket comes from the French word jaquette. The
term comes from the Middle French noun jaquet, which
refers to a small or lightweight tunic. In Modern French,
jaquette is synonymous with jacket. Speakers of American
English sometimes informally use the words jacket and coat
interchangeably.
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Jacket is a basic item of outerwear worn by men, women & children alike. The
distinguishing features between individual designs for example length, width, silhouette,
cut and details are determined by the style and purpose.
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Traditionally, a blazer meant a jacket of a solid color (usually navy or
black) with gold or silver metal buttons, patch pockets and a softer
construction. You can wear it with jeans, or any pants.
These are suit jackets, meant to be worn with matching pants, for
formal occasions.
 BELL BOY JACKETS
The Bell-boy Jacket is
modelled on uniforms
traditionally worn by hotel bell-
boys and messengers,
consisting of a very fitted waist-
length jacket and a band collar,
often double-breasted and
trimmed with fancy braid or
piping, and rows of close-set
brass buttons.
 ETON JACKETS

The mess jacket is a type of formal jacket that

ends at the waist. It features either a non-
fastening double breast cut or a single-breasted
version that fastens.

It also was prominently used, in single-breasted

form, as part of the uniform for underclassmen
at Eton College, leading to the al name Eton jacket.
 However, unlike
NEHRU JACKETS the achkan,
which falls
somewhere
below the
knees of the
wearer, the
Nehru jacket is
not only shorter,
but also, in all
respects other
than the collar,
resembles
the suit jacket

The Nehru jacket is a hip-length tailored coat for men or women, with a
mandarin collar, and with its front modeled on the South Asian achkan or
sherwani, apparel worn by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister of India
from 1947 to 1964.
 FLYAWAY JACKETS

Long sleeve Ponte knit

flyaway jacket is a chic
way to add warmth
over op and dresses.

Flyaway jackets are named so

because they are made or
worn loose or draped as to
allow or suggest fluttering in
the wind.
 VARSITY JACKETS

A varsity jacket is
a jacket traditionally worn by high
school and college students in the
United States to represent school
and team pride as well as to
display personal awards earned in
athletics, academics or activities.
Varsity jackets are also known as
letterman jackets".
 ANORAK JACKETS
anorak is a type of jacket with a hood,
often lined with fur or faux fur. The
hood protects the face from freezing
temperatures and wind. The Caribou
Inuit invented this kind of garment,
originally made from caribou or seal
skin, for hunting and kayaking in the
frigid Arctic. Some Inuit anoraks
require regular coating with fish oil to
retain their water resistance.
 SAFARI JACKETS

A safari jacket or bush jacket is a

garment originally designed for the
purpose of going on safari in the
African bush.

]A safari jacket is commonly a lightweight cotton drill or lighter poplin

jacket, traditionally khaki in color, with a self-belt, often with epaulette
style shoulder straps called passants, with four or more expandable
bellows pockets.
 Parka JACKETS
 SKI or insulated JACKETS

A ski jacket covers the arms and torso.

It can be a separate item or part of a
two-piece ski suit together with
matching ski pants.
 NORFOLK JACKETS

It may have a half belt.

HISTORY :-
The style was long popular for boys' jackets and suits, and is still used in some
(primarily military and police) uniforms

It was named either after the Duke of Norfolk or after the county of Norfolk and
was made fashionable after the 1860s in the sporting circle of the Prince of
Wales, later Edward VII, whose country residence was Sandringham House in
Norfolk.
 MAKINAW JACKETS
Mackinaw cloth is a heavy dense water-repellent woolen cloth,
similar to Melton cloth. It was used to make a short coat of the same
name, sometimes with a doubled shoulder. These jackets have their
origins on the Canadian frontier and were later made famous by
American loggers in the upper Midwest during the mid-19th century
logging boom.
 LEATHER JACKETS

A leather jacket is a jacket-length

coat that is usually worn on top of
other apparel, and made from the
tanned hide of various animals.

WORN BY:-
greasers,
motorcyclists,
military aviators
 WIND BREAKER JACKETS

A windbreaker is a thin outer coat designed to resist wind chill and

light rain, a lighter version of a jacket. It is usually of light
construction, and these days characteristically made of some type
of synthetic material. They often incorporate elastic waistbands or
armbands and zipper to allow it to be accommodated to the current
weather conditions. It sometimes includes a hood.
 BOMBER JACKETS

The flight
jacket, bomber
jacket,
or bombardier
jacket refers to a
garment originally
created for pilots.
They eventually
became part of
popular culture and
apparel.