A frock coat is a formal men's coat characterised by a knee-length skirt cut all around the base just above the knee, popular during the Victorian and...
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Frock has been used since Middle English as the name for an article of clothing, typically coat-like, for men and women. In British English and in Commonwealth...
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over-frock coat is a formal overcoat designed to be worn over a frock coat if needed in cold weather. A top-frock coat may also be worn over a frock coat in...
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Scottish men who had broken the law. Apron Pinafore Tabard Chemise/Smock Frock Frock coat Gymnastyorka Smock mill Kirtle Surcoat Kappōgi Artistic dress movement...
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(in Flemish) "Polish Frock Coat at around 1850", "...with toggles & hood." "Duffle coat history" Gentleman's Gazette "Duffle coat", Encyclopedia of clothing...
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Uniforms of the Royal Navy (section Frock Coat Dress)
divided into several categories: Frock Coat with epaulettes; which was worn with the bicorn hat and medals, Frock Coat without epaulettes, which was worn...
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Morning dress (section Morning coat)
more formal situations instead of a frock coat. In the Edwardian era, it took over in popularity from the frock coat as the standard daytime form of men's...
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formal wear in Western dress codes, meaning white tie, morning dress, or frock coat. Traditionally made of black silk or sometimes grey, the top hat emerged...
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Formal wear (redirect from Coat and tie)
religious clothing, national costumes, and most rarely frock coats (which preceded morning coat as default formal day wear 1820s-1920s). In addition, formal...
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Since one of the symbols of rank was a frock coat, the newly promoted officer would pass his old frock coat to the officer remaining behind and recommended...
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top coat called a covert coat. The Chesterfield coat, with its heavy waist suppression using a waist seam, gradually replaced the over-frock coat during...
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although some Royal Navy ships allowed such persons to don a simple blue frock coat to denote their status.[citation needed] Seamen were further divided into...
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less formal morning coat, which curved back from the front to the tails. From around 1815, a knee-length garment called the frock coat became increasingly...
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of knee length coats (under-coats) such as frock coats, dress coats, and morning coats are cut to be a little longer than the under-coat so as to completely...
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the frock coat and the morning dress, the covert coat is used as a shorter, more informal topcoat option to the longer knee-length Chesterfield coat traditionally...
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Uniforms of the British Army (section Frock coats)
from ceremonial uniforms to combat dress (with full dress uniform and frock coats listed in addition). Uniforms in the British Army are specific to the...
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Waistcoat (redirect from Waist coat)
throughout Europe, attaining high-fashion status again. A forerunner of the frock coat, the justacorps, may have been influenced by the long zupans worn in Poland...
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art, and his own life. Items from Jack the Ripper, most notably a pink frock coat with a thorn print, have appeared in the retrospectives Alexander McQueen:...
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morning tailcoat rather than a frock coat), it was considered less formal than a frock coat, and even when the frock coat was increasingly phased out, morning...
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paletot coat style, which was loosely cut coat with no waist seam, where the skirt being of one piece with the upper half (unlike the frock coat, which...
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Sherwani (category Coats (clothing))
A sherwani is a long-sleeved outer coat worn by men in South Asia. Like the Western frock coat, it is fitted, with some waist suppression; it falls to...
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A sport coat, also called a sport jacket (or sports coat or sports jacket in American English), is a men's smart casual lounge jacket designed to be worn...
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and generous moustache. By the 1890s, the sack coat (UK lounge coat) was fast replacing the frock coat for most informal and semi-formal occasions. Three-piece...
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boutonnières as fashion statements. They were put on the buttonholes of frock coats. In most parts of Europe during this time, it was normal for men to wear...
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Greatcoat (redirect from Great coat)
shoulders protects from the wind and repels rain. In the 19th century, such a coat was part of a soldier's military uniform, to be worn whilst on watch (guard...
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style of gentleman's frock coat and a rabat (see above). In the earlier part of the century, Evangelicals often wore 'swallow tail' coats to distinguish themselves...
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wearing a frock coat, gray top hat and spats. By 1926, the King shocked the public by wearing a black morning coat instead of a frock coat (a small but...
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Justacorps (category Coats (clothing))
the modern-day three-piece suit. The justacorps itself evolved into the frock coat. The fabric selection and styling of the justacorps varied over time,...
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