Tweed jacket with a velvet waistcoat and cotton skirt belongs to country style. Eastern motifs can bbe seen in luxurious waistcoats made of jacquard with jackets in bright rich tones.
Men started wearing waistcoats in the 18th century in France. Then the clothes without sleeves, withh linen back, of straight semi tight-fitting form, rather short was called veston or gilet.
Only in the 18th century waistcoat lost sleeves and tail, it became shorter. In the epoch of Rococo English waistcoat made of white pique with buttons of precious stones.
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