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Clothing

A feature of all human societies, except perhaps the most primitive, is the wearing of clothing or clothes, especially in public. The primary purpose of clothing is functional, as a protection from the weather....
, double-breasted refers to a coat
Coat (clothing)

A coat is a long clothing 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, Velcro, toggles, a belt , or a combination of these....
, jacket or similar garment having a very wide overlap in the front and, two parallel
Parallel (geometry)

Parallelism is a term in geometry and in everyday life that refers to a property in Euclidean space of two or more line s or plane , or a combination of these....
 columns of buttons or snaps. (By contrast a single-breasted
Single-breasted

In clothing, single-breasted refers to a Coat_, jacket or similar garment having one column of buttons and a narrow overlap of fabric. In contrast, a double-breasted coat has a wider overlap and two parallel rows of buttons....
 coat has a narrower overlap and one column of buttons.) In most cases one column of buttons is simply decorative, and only the buttons at the outer edge of the overlap actually fasten the two layers together. The others, placed on the outside of the outer layer, either serve no purpose or allow the overlap to be reversible.






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In clothing
Clothing

A feature of all human societies, except perhaps the most primitive, is the wearing of clothing or clothes, especially in public. The primary purpose of clothing is functional, as a protection from the weather....
, double-breasted refers to a coat
Coat (clothing)

A coat is a long clothing 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, Velcro, toggles, a belt , or a combination of these....
, jacket or similar garment having a very wide overlap in the front and, two parallel
Parallel (geometry)

Parallelism is a term in geometry and in everyday life that refers to a property in Euclidean space of two or more line s or plane , or a combination of these....
 columns of buttons or snaps. (By contrast a single-breasted
Single-breasted

In clothing, single-breasted refers to a Coat_, jacket or similar garment having one column of buttons and a narrow overlap of fabric. In contrast, a double-breasted coat has a wider overlap and two parallel rows of buttons....
 coat has a narrower overlap and one column of buttons.) In most cases one column of buttons is simply decorative, and only the buttons at the outer edge of the overlap actually fasten the two layers together. The others, placed on the outside of the outer layer, either serve no purpose or allow the overlap to be reversible. An inner button, called the jigger, is usually added to hold the two layers together from the inside. Suit jackets and blazers typically have from one to four rows of buttons (each row containing two buttons), with one or two of these rows that are buttoned—the others are decorative. They are referred to using "number-on-number" terminology, where the first number is the total number of front buttons, and the second is the number of buttons below the lapels (i.e., the second number is double the number of buttonholes). Six-on-four and four-on-two are the most common variations, but others exist, such as the six-on-two suit in the picture at right. Double-breasted suit jackets almost always have peak lapels
Jacket lapel

Jacket lapels are the folded flaps of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat , and are most commonly found on formal clothing and suit jackets....
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Double-breasted suit jackets were popular from the late 1930s until the late 1950s, and again from the mid 1980s to the mid 1990s. Today, double-breasted jackets are considered fairly conservative, and are not worn as often as single-breasted jackets, though most tailors consider them to have lasting style.

Pea coat
Pea coat

A pea coat is an outer coat, generally of a Navy blue heavy wool, originally worn by sailors of European navies. Pea coats are characterized by broad Jacket lapel, double-breasted fronts, often large wooden or metal buttons, and vertical or slash pockets....
s and some trench coat
Trench coat

A trench coat or trenchcoat is a raincoat made of waterproof heavy-duty cotton drill or poplin, wool gabardine, or in some cases leather: it generally has a removable Insulation lining; and it is usually knee-length or longer....
s are traditionally double-breasted.

See also

  • Suit
  • Single-breasted
    Single-breasted

    In clothing, single-breasted refers to a Coat_, jacket or similar garment having one column of buttons and a narrow overlap of fabric. In contrast, a double-breasted coat has a wider overlap and two parallel rows of buttons....