{"id":631,"date":"2010-10-13T17:37:46","date_gmt":"2010-10-14T00:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/denverbespoke.com\/?p=631"},"modified":"2014-10-23T20:25:44","modified_gmt":"2014-10-24T03:25:44","slug":"single-or-double-breasted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/denverbespoke.com\/?p=631","title":{"rendered":"Single or Double-Breasted?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Patch Pocket Double-Breasted Reefer Suit<\/p><\/div>\n

On an overcoat or peacoat, a double-breasted style can serve to keep the wind out. It can make a significant difference as to whether you stay warm and dry.<\/p>\n

But on a suit jacket, the traditional role of a double-breasted style is to waste fabric and buttons. The first purpose of the double-breast is to express a certain decadence, to say that one prefers to have more…<\/p>\n

A double-breasted jacket stands opposed to puritanism and Protestant simplicity. Throughout history, the double-breasted jacket has served to symbolize the aristocrat, the decadent artist, the well-off gentleman and the \u201cgreed is good\u201d Wall Street banker.<\/p>\n

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Double-Breasted Tailcoat with Covered Buttons<\/p><\/div>\n

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Classic Peak Lapels on a Double-Breasted Houndstooth Suit<\/p><\/div>\n

A secondary use of the double-breasted style is that of bringing to mind military dress.<\/p>\n

Much military clothing over the last several centuries has been double-breasted, partially, no doubt, because of the desire to stay warm in the elements, and partially because a double-breasted style is ideal for showing off extra rows of brass buttons, braid, and medals.<\/p>\n

Double-breasted styles go in and out of fashion depending on the spirit of the age. The more austere and modern the prevailing spirit, the more the double-breasted style seems conservative, wasteful, unnecessary. But the more decadent the spirit, the more that the style charms, feeling more luxuriant, rich, and manly.<\/p>\n

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Chic, Clean, and Single-Breasted.<\/p><\/div>\n

The double-breasted style, with a few tweaks, can transform from a Mod look to an Edwardian look. And from the dress of a poet, to that of a banker.<\/p>\n

The single-breasted style needs no such introduction, of course. It doesn\u2019t require an explanation the way that a double-breasted jacket does.<\/p>\n

As the single-breasted style is the most standard jacket style, it is more flexible. The hem can be shaped from crisp and straight to youthful and cut away.<\/p>\n

No doubt most customers will always prefer a single breasted jacket simply because it is less remarkable. Particularly so long as the age is one that values function and clean lines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On an overcoat or peacoat, a double-breasted style can serve to keep the wind out. It can make a significant difference as to whether you stay warm and dry. But on a suit jacket, the traditional role of a double-breasted style is to waste fabric and buttons. The first purpose of the double-breast is to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[154,171],"tags":[114,170,169,168,5,166,163,62,33,167,165,164],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/denverbespoke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/denverbespoke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/denverbespoke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denverbespoke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denverbespoke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=631"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/denverbespoke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2135,"href":"https:\/\/denverbespoke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631\/revisions\/2135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/denverbespoke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denverbespoke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denverbespoke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}