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2. Capote (garment) - Wikipedia

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   The Canadian Mackinaw jacket, originally made from HBC blankets, [5] serves as a functional equivalent of the Hudson's Bay Company blanket coat. [6] The Hudson's Bay blanket coat served as a template for the Mackinaw jacket. [citation needed] The English language adopted the French word capote at least as early as 1812. [7]

3. Mackinaw cloth - Wikipedia

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   The jackets were made from three-point trade blankets that Askin, who at the time was keeper of the King's store at the fort, supplied on the captain's authority. [2] Although the order called for blue coats, the number of blue blankets proved insufficient, so the number was filled out by coats made from blankets in red as well as the black-on ...

4. Mackinaw jacket - Wikipedia

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   The new design of the mackinaw jacket was so beneficial for travelling through woods and trails that orders were received from people located from Fort William to Penetanguishene. [7] More than a century later, when the Hudson's Bay Company began to commercially sell point blanket coats the mackinaw jacket remained popular with their customers.

5. Straitjacket - Wikipedia

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   For a jacket without a front strap, the most common way to escape is to hoist the arms over the head before undoing the crotch strap and at last the strap at the back of the neck. This allows the jacket to simply be peeled off upward over the head. The straitjacket escape was popularized by Houdini, who "discovered" it.

6. Martingale (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   The strap was placed between the shoulder blades, and since then martingales have been used by couturiers everywhere, but avoiding the waistline. [2] Martingale coats became fashionable for women post-war in 1950s [ 9 ] and are still being made for men.

7. The knit jacket that shoppers say is better than 'JCrew ... - AOL

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   The Anrabess Cardigan Jacket is a classic long cardigan jacket — or coatigan as we like to call ... Made with viscose, polyester and nylon, it's soft and drapey for a comfortable fit ...