Double-breasted jacket: from antiquity to modernity

A kind of jacket with sleeves was found already in the iron coffins belonging to the Bronze Age. From this we can conclude that so popular today's men's and women's clothing, was known in ancient times. Models of jackets now range from light sleeveless greatcoats, resembling leather armor, to jackets and summer jackets, which are sometimes difficult to distinguish from outerwear.

A short men's single-breasted or double-breasted jacket first appears in England at the end of the 19th century and is called "sak". However, this detail of clothing had a predecessor, which already met in the Gothic era: it was a tight jacket, which was lengthened and expanded during the Renaissance, it was his Spain that could adapt to the severity of the Jesuit counter-reformation. The jacket again becomes freer to the Baroque period. And by the second half of the 17th century, there were three main elements that make up a modern men's wardrobe - a single-breasted or double-breasted jacket, waistcoat and trousers.

When Louis 14 jacket was called zyusokor (fr. "Adjacent to the body") or camisole. It had a length to the knees, the fabric used for sewing was heavy, richly embroidered, the jacket had large pockets, wide sleeves and a large number of buttons.

What other types of jackets exist?

Until the moment when habitual double-breasted jackets appeared, they underwent a variety of changes in the cut. For example, short men's jackets appeared without a half-katsafireki.

In the era of Biedermeier was popular taid (tweed) - slightly fitted or straight, closed down the throat jacket, which was sewed from light woolen cloth. For a long time, Tade maintained his position as an integral part of the men's wardrobe.

Was distributed such an element of national costumes as camisole is a light jacket with short or long sleeves.

We all heard the name "Cossack". Now this is the name of a jacket with long floors, but this is not entirely true. Under this name, different types of clothes were worn, worn at different times. So, the casague was a typical Musketeer clothes, had open hanging sleeves, it was worn from the 16th to the 19th century as an outer garment for the army. In the 19th century, the Cossack's name was slightly dressed for crinoline. And at the end of the 18th century, the long cossack floors, decorated with buttons and gimmick, became the embodiment of elegant clothes for traveling and riding.

Vams (doublet) was originally a tight jacket on a cotton pad, which was worn under armor during the Middle Ages. And in the 15th to 17th centuries, they called you a clothes put on under the upper cloak, it was always made with sleeves and covered only the upper part of the body. After the 18th century, it was completely replaced with a vest, which is perfectly worn today under a double-breasted jacket.

In the 14-16th century, short men's clothing - a jacket was popular. Initially, it was meant as an element worn over the vase. The jacket had sack sleeves and fringed decoration. And in the 16th century, the jacket acquired the appearance of a short garment with folds on the back and a deep neckline, the sleeves tapering to the wrist.

What is he - double-breasted jacket?

Double-breasted jacket - this is a modern variation on the topic. It differs from those described above in that it has two symmetrically wide floors that can be fastened both to one side and to the other. For this, on each field there is a row of two or four paired buttons. Today, as a rule, one of these rows is of a decorative nature, because of which the jacket fastens only to one side: this style has an additional secret button - a jigger that supports the second floor and does not allow the excess fabric to sag.

In addition to the classical version, there are also modern ones - for example, casual. This style allows you to not fasten the lower button on the right hand side.