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A CLASSIC SMOKING JACKET, DEFINED IN BLACK TIE GUIDE AS "INTRODUCED AROUND 1850, THE SMOKING JACKET WAS A SHAWLCOLLARED, DOUBLE- OR SINGLE-BREASTED COAT THAT MEN TRADED WITH THEIR TAILCOAT AFTER DINNER WHEN LEAVING THE LADIES FOR DRINKS AND CIGARS. THE JACKET ENSURED THAT THEIR EVENING COAT WOULD NOT BE BURNED BY ASHES NOR ABSORB THE SMELL OF TOBACCO WHICH THE WOMEN FOUND DISTASTEFUL. WIVES COULD EVEN INSIST ON THE ACCOMPANYING SMOKING CAP"
BESPOKE REPLICA ARTILLERY JACKET BY GIEVES & HAWKES (£12,000)
COMME DES GARÇONS FALL 09
A CLASSIC SMOKING JACKET, DEFINED IN BLACK TIE GUIDE AS "INTRODUCED AROUND 1850, THE SMOKING JACKET WAS A SHAWLCOLLARED, DOUBLE- OR SINGLE-BREASTED COAT THAT MEN TRADED WITH THEIR TAILCOAT AFTER DINNER WHEN LEAVING THE LADIES FOR DRINKS AND CIGARS. THE JACKET ENSURED THAT THEIR EVENING COAT WOULD NOT BE BURNED BY ASHES NOR ABSORB THE SMELL OF TOBACCO WHICH THE WOMEN FOUND DISTASTEFUL. WIVES COULD EVEN INSIST ON THE ACCOMPANYING SMOKING CAP"
BESPOKE REPLICA ARTILLERY JACKET BY GIEVES & HAWKES (£12,000)
COMME DES GARÇONS FALL 09
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