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A blazer. This name comes from the English verb «to blaze» (светиться). It is a long jacket of classical design with patch pockets. The buttons are of metal and blazing. Blazers appeared in England first where some members of different clubs wished to differ from the members of other clubs. So members of various English clubs began to wear jackets of special design, they had their own colour, buttons and stripes. Nowadays sportsmen or umpires in Russia wear blazers for special occasions.
A jumper, a sweater and a pullover. Nobody knows all the differences between them but there are some. The word «jumper» comes from the English verb «to jump» (прыгать). At first it was an item of sport wear and looked like a knitted jacket with a short fastening at the throat.
A knitted jacket without any fastening with a little cut was called «pullover» from the English word «to pull over» (тянуть вверх), that means to take something off or put on over the head.
A sweater is a warm knitted jacket without a fastening and a cut with a high collar. The name comes from the English verb «to sweat» (потеть). That shows that a sweater is a very warm piece of clothing.
A mackintosh. It is a kind of coat or raincoat of loose-fitting design. It is usually made of waterproof material. This piece of clothing got its name from the Scottish chemist Charles Mackintosh who invented waterproofing. Nowadays coats or raincoats of loose-fitting design are very popular with so-called «new Russians».
«French». In 1914 the First World War began. General John French was the commander of the English troops. Designers made a special full-dress coat for him: it had 4 patch pockets which were decorated with original vertical folds. Officers in Russia liked this tunic very much, they wanted to look very smart and elegant and so this piece of clothing became very popular in this country. It was named «French». Not only military men but civilians too began to wear the french after the end of the war.
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