Double-breasted jacket
Jacket with overlapping fronts and two rows of buttons, usually with peak lapels. It is worn buttoned and looks distinctly more formal than the single-breasted. In gray worsted it goes with wool trousers, a shirt or turtleneck and black or dark brown lace-up shoes.
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- TurtleneckSweater with a high collar that is folded over double and lies against the neck.
- WorstedWool whose fibers are combed and aligned in parallel before spinning.
- Sport coatSingle-breasted jacket with lapels that is worn without matching trousers.
- OvershirtA garment between shirt and jacket: cut like a shirt, but made of a sturdier fabric such as wool or twill and meant to be worn over a T-shirt or knitwear.
- Chore jacketStraight-cut work jacket with three patch pockets, traditionally made of cotton canvas or moleskin.
- HarringtonShort, light jacket with a stand collar and a buttoned tab, raglan sleeves and knit cuffs at hem and sleeves, classically with a checked lining.