Gilet

Sleeveless jacket
A typical, modern, hooded down gilet featuring seamless quilted pockets filled with down.

A gilet (/ɪˈl/) or body warmer is a sleeveless jacket resembling a waistcoat or blouse.[1] It may be waist- to knee-length and is typically straight-sided rather than fitted; however, historically, gilets were fitted and embroidered.[2] In 19th-century dressmaking a gilet was a dress bodice shaped like a man's waistcoat.[3]

Today, gilets are often worn as an outer layer, for extra warmth outdoors, or indoors on occasion. Fashion gilets may be made of cloth, fake fur, or knitted wool. Sports gilets are often windproof and/or made of fleece. High-end hiking jackets often have an integral gilet inside them, that can be zipped on and off and can be insulated with down. Racing cyclists use thin light gilets with a windproof front and mesh back. Shooting gilets are rugged and made of leather. Short, overwear gilets are called bodywarmers in the United Kingdom.

Gallery

  • Derivatives and styles of gilets
  • A typical thin, non-insulated cycling gilet
    A typical thin, non-insulated cycling gilet
  • Two men wearing gilets at Strasbourg railway station in France.
    Two men wearing gilets at Strasbourg railway station in France.

See also

  • Fashion portal
  • British country clothing
  • Cycling kit
  • Jerkin (garment)
  • Journade
  • Scapular
  • Surcoat
  • Tabard
  • Vest
  • Yelek

References

Look up gilet or bodywarmer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
  1. ^ "Merriam-Webster Unabridged – Gilet entry".
  2. ^ "Sugino Costume Museum". www.costumemuseum.jp.
  3. ^ Oxford English Dictionary – Gilet entry
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