Jacket

A jacket is a garment for the upper body, usually extending below the hips.

Etymology

The word jacket comes from the French word jaquette. The term comes from the

• Heated Jackets
• Atilla, a fancy Hungarian shell-jacket or short coat, decorated with braided
  cord and knots
• Ball jacket, often specified as a baseball jacket or football jacket, a casual jacket with knitted cuffs, collar, and waistband and a zippered front
• 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.
• matadors
• Bomber jacket
  , a blouson originally designed for US aircrews in leather or nylon.
• Brunswick, a two-piece woman's gown of the mid-eighteenth century.
• Caraco, a woman's jacket of the 18th century.
• Cardigan, a sweater worn like a jacket.
• Chef's jacket
• Chore jacket or chore coat, a jacket made of denim or other robust cloth, with large front pockets, originally a piece of workwear
• Dinner jacket
  , part of the black-tie dress code of evening formal wear. Also known as a Dinner suit and a Tuxedo.
• Donkey jacket

• Doublet (clothing)
• Down jacket, a quilted jacket filled with down feathers
• Eisenhower jacket, a waist-length, fitted, military-inspired jacket with a waistband based on the World War II British Army's Battle Dress jacket introduced by General Dwight Eisenhower
• M-1965 or M-65 field jacket
  which came into US military service in 1965.
• Flak jacket, 20th century armoured vest
• Polar Fleece
• Flight jacket, also known as a bomber jacket
• Gilet, a sleeveless jacket or vest.
• Hacking jacket
• Harrington jacket, a lightweight waist-length jacket
• Hoodie, a zippered hooded sweatshirt (non zippered can be considered a sweatshirt only)
• Levi's
  )
• Jerkin
• Kilt jacket, one of several styles of traditional
  tweed
  jacket
• Leather jacket, also known as a motorcycle jacket
• Letter jacket also known as a letterman or varsity jacket
• Mackinaw jacket
• mess dress and formerly as the school uniform of boys under 5'4" at Eton College until 1976 and at many other English schools, particularly choir schools^[6]
• Motorcycle jacket, a leather jacket, usually black, worn by motorcycle
  riders; originally to mid-thigh, now usually to a fitted waist
• Nehru jacket
• Norfolk jacket
• Parka
• Peplum jacket, a jacket featuring a short overskirt
• Puffer jacket
  or Puffa jacket, a type of padded jacket popular in the 1990s
• Quarter Zip, or 1/4 zip, a jacket with a partial zipper extending down from the collar
• Rain jacket, a short
  rain coat
• Hardshell jacket, a wind and waterproof jacket typically made of breathable synthetic materials, lacking insulation and fabric softness
• Reefing jacket or reefer, a type of pea coat
• Riding jacket, part of a riding habit
• Sailor jacket
• Satin jacket, a type of ball jacket made of satin and popular in the 1950s
• Smart jacket, with built-in heating elements on the chest, hands and back. It keeps the wearer warm in cold weather. It comes with special sensors to let the wearer adjust the heat output as per his convenience.^[7]
• Smoking jacket
• Regency period
• Sport coat (US) or Sports jacket (UK), a tailored jacket, similar in cut to a suit coat but more utilitarian, originally casual wear for hunting, riding, and other outdoor sports; specific types include a shooting jacket and hacking jacket
• Suit jacket
• Tabard, a loose sleeveless outer garment
• Tunic, a thigh length coat or jacket worn with a wide range of military and civilian uniforms
• Windbreaker (N. American, Japan) or windcheater (UK)
• Tracksuit jacket
• Wamus, also called a "roundabout," a traditional American term for a short jacket.

• A gallery of various types of jackets
• 
  Nylon

  bomber jacket

  , also in leather
• 
  A mess jacket
• 
  A leather jacket
• 
  A down jacket
• 
  A

  waterproof

  jacket
• 
  A parka

See also

• Sweater
• Sweatshirt
• Trousers
• Skirts

References