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A grey striped six-on-one double-breasted suit with jetted pockets, a style popular in the 1980s. A double-breasted garment is a coat, jacket, waistcoat, or dress with wide, overlapping front flaps which has on its front two symmetrical columns of buttons; by contrast, a single-breasted item has a narrow overlap and only one column of buttons.
The Balmoral doublet is a single-breasted jacket traditionally made from velvet. It is usually worn with a belt and black bow tie. The Montrose doublet (as defined by Kinloch Anderson) is "a double breasted short cut evening jacket with high collar. There are ten symmetrically positioned Celtic buttons on front, three Celtic buttons on each ...
Traditionally trench coats are double-breasted with 10 front buttons, wide lapels, a storm flap, and pockets that button-close. [1] The coat is belted at the waist with a self-belt, with raglan sleeves ending in cuff straps around the wrists that also buckle, to keep water from running down the forearm when using binoculars in the rain.
Bed jacket, a jacket made from lightweight material designed to be worn in bed; Blazer, similar to but more casual than a suit jacket; single- or double-breasted of sturdy material, commonly with metal buttons. Blouson, a military-style waist-length jacket. Bolero, a very short jacket for everyone, originally worn by matadors
The mackinaw jacket, also known as a mackinaw coat, [1] is a short double-breasted coat made of a thick heavy woollen material, generally with a red-and-black plaid pattern. [ 2 ] Etymology
A pea coat (or peacoat, pea jacket, pilot jacket) is an outer coat, generally of a navy-coloured heavy wool, originally worn by sailors of European [1] and later American navies. [ 2 ] [ better source needed ] Pea coats are characterized by short length, broad lapels , double-breasted fronts, often large wooden, metal or plastic buttons, three ...
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A four-button double-breasted jacket usually buttons in a square. [12] The layout of the buttons and the shape of the lapel are co-ordinated in order to direct the eyes of an observer. For example, if the buttons are too low, or the lapel roll too pronounced, the eyes are drawn down from the face, and the waist appears larger.