Textiles and Dress

Donkey jacket

A donkey jacket is a medium-length workwear jacket, typically made of unlined black or dark blue thick Melton woollen fabric, with the shoulders back and front reinforced and protected from rain with leather or PVC panels, which originated in the United Kingdom. The garment is untailored at the waist, so that it hangs down straight from the shoulders. The front vertical edges fall straight and are squared-off at the bottom edge, which is also straight horizontally with no vent at the back. It reaches 3 to 4 inches (8 to 10 cm) below the crotch area. It has no lapels and is closed by four to five buttons at the front that fasten tightly up to the neck, with a broad and stiff turn-up collar which allows the wearer to protect the neck from wind, cold and wet weather. It is thus well suited to outdoors work in demanding conditions.

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• ▸1850s in Western fashion
• ▸Hoysaleswara Temple
• ▸Kurpie Białe

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