2007-01-31 23:30:22 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
* Why are boys school jackets called blazers? *
The earliest documented usage of the term " blazer " was to describe the red summer jackets of the oarsmen of the Lady Margaret Boat Club, in Cambridge. They were said to look ablaze and began a tradition which today is seen in single breasted blazers at Henley Regatta.
A blazer or boating jacket is a type of jacket, usually double-breasted although single-breasted blazers have become more common recently. A blazer resembles a suit jacket except that it usually has patch pockets with no flaps, and metal shank buttons. A blazer's cloth is usually of a durable nature as it is used in schools and was used for sport.
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2007-02-01 03:12:40 · answer #1 · answered by zurioluchi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a type of jacket, cut like the top half of a suit, but with no matching trousers. Boy's school jackets do not come with matching halves, hence they are blazers.
2007-01-31 23:35:22 · answer #2 · answered by cuddles_gb 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Beacuse that's what they wear. Blazers. It's a type of jacket.
2007-01-31 23:33:32 · answer #3 · answered by Misha-non-penguin 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bright colours
2007-02-04 03:37:48 · answer #4 · answered by Professor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we dint name them u know..ask the guy who named it.
2007-01-31 23:34:40 · answer #5 · answered by » Ðëe®'§ Êÿ€ « 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋