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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 48. Chapters: Anorak, Mantle, Mackintosh, Frock coat, Tailcoat, Riding Mac Fashion, Eisenhower jacket, Poncho, White coat, Trench coat, Sherwani, Kkachi durumagi, Overcoat, Shell jacket, Oilskin, Double-breasted, Overfrock, Duffle coat, Bekishe, Pea coat, Rekel, Redingote, A-line, Buff coat, Atilla, Gaberdine, Doobon coat, Duster, Ski suit, Bedgown, Dolman, Spencer, Mandilion, Greatcoat, Raincoat, Justacorps, Burka, Goggle jacket, Single-breasted, Chesterfield coat, Raccoon coat, Opera coat, Inverness coat, Ulster coat, Floating canvas, Surtout. Excerpt: A frock coat is a man's coat characterised 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 some features unusual in post-Victorian dress. These include the reverse collar and lapels, where the outer edge of the lapel is cut from a separate piece of cloth to the main body, and also a high degree of waist suppression, where the coat's diameter round the waist is much less than round the chest. This is achieved by a high horizontal waist seam with side bodies, which are extra panels of fabric above the waist used to pull in the naturally cylindrical drape. The frock coat was widely worn in much the same situations as modern lounge suits and formalwear, with different variations. One example is that a frock coat for formalwear was always double-breasted with peaked lapels; as informal wear, the single-breasted frock coat often sported the step, or notched, lapel (the cause of its informality), and was more common in the early nineteenth century than the formal model. Dress coats and morning coats, the other main knee-length coats of the period, shared the...
