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2. Suit jacket - Wikipedia

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   The jacket was originally a work jacket that came into fashion due to the French Revolution. [1] [2] It was popular among sailors, and in the 19th century it became a common item of clothing for sports and recreation. [3] The 1870s saw the birth of the suit, which at first was met with great skepticism and viewed primarily as leisure wear. [4]

3. Suit - Wikipedia

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   U.S. Ambassador to the U.N Samantha Power and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin wearing business wear suits as per their gender, 2016. The word suit derives from the French suite, [3] meaning "following," from some Late Latin derivative form of the Latin verb sequor = "I follow," because the component garments (jacket and trousers and waistcoat) follow each other and have the same cloth and ...

4. Clothing sizes - Wikipedia

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   Before the invention of clothing sizes in the early 1800s, all clothing was made to fit individuals by either tailors or makers of clothing in their homes. Then garment makers noticed that the range of human body dimensions was relatively small (for their demographic).

5. Formal trousers - Wikipedia

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   Formal trousers were originally introduced in the first half of the 19th century as a complement to the then widely worn frock coat.As established formal day attire trousers, they were subsequently introduced to go with the morning dress, which in turn gradually replaced the frock coat as formal day attire standard by 20th century, along with its semi-formal equivalent black lounge suit.

6. Seam (sewing) - Wikipedia

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   An inseam is the seam from the bottom crotch to the lower ankle that binds the length of the inner trouser leg. [12] The inseam length determines the length of the inner pant leg. In the UK this is usually known as the inside-leg measurement (for trousers fit).

7. Jacket - Wikipedia

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   Suit jacket, also called a lounge jacket, a general term for jackets used in traditional suits, such as sport coats, blazers, dinner jackets and smoking jackets. Tabard, a loose sleeveless outer garment; Tunic, a thigh length coat or jacket worn with a wide range of military and civilian uniforms; Windbreaker (N. American, Japan) or windcheater ...

8. U.S. standard clothing size - Wikipedia

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   As a result, O'Brien and Shelton's work was rejected. In 1958, the National Bureau of Standards invented a new sizing system, based on the hourglass figure and using only the bust size to create an arbitrary standard of sizes ranging from 8 to 38, with an indication for height (short, regular, and tall) and lower-body girth (plus or minus). The ...

9. Made-to-measure - Wikipedia

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   The main advantage of MTM is that the clothes will be adapted to the customer's physique and the customer can have the option of choosing fabric, details, sleeve length, pose adjustment, shirt length, jacket length, etc. [1] The main disadvantage is that customers have to wait up to several weeks for the clothes to be ready and delivered. A ...