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Know Everything About Mens Sport Coats
A sportcoat
(sports coat, sports jacket), also mistakenly called a blazer, is a
tailored coat for men. It is of a similar cut to a suit coat, but is
designed to be worn on its own and not as part of a suit. Styles
therefore may be less restrictive. Compared to suit jackets, sturdier
fabrics are used, such as woollen tweed or houndstooth. Originally sportcoats
were worn as casual attire for hunting and other outdoor sports.
Today the sportcoat is used as casual wear (e.g. for recreational
use, or in America even for business) and is the mainstream coat of
choice in North America. A shooting
jacket is a type of sportcoat with a leather patch on the front
shoulder to prevent wear from the butt of a shotgun or rifle,
frequently with matching leather patches on the elbow. A hacking
jacket is a wool sportcoat for casual horseback riding, often of
tweed and traditionally with a single vent. A blazer is similar to a sportcoat,
but differs in having a nautical origin. |
