Frock coat A frock coat is a man’s coat characterized by knee-length skirts all around the base, popular during the Victorian and Edwardian periods. The double-breasted style is sometimes called a Prince Albert (after the consort to Queen Victoria). The frock coat is a fitted, long-sleeved coat with a centre vent at the back, and […]
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TYPES OF COATS
June 24, 2009Leather coats
June 23, 2009A coat is a long garment worn by both men and women, for warmth, protection or fashion. Coats typically have long sleeves and open down the front, closing by means of buttons, zippers, hook-and-loop fasteners, toggles, a belt, or a combination of these. Other possible ornaments include collars and shoulder straps. An early use of […]
Fashionable waistcoats made up of leather
June 23, 2009A waistcoat (sometimes called a vest or a vestee in Canada and the US) is a sleeveless upper-body garment worn over a dress shirt and necktie (if applicable) and below a coat as a part of most men’s formal wear, and as the third piece of the three-piece male business suit. Once a virtually mandatory […]