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revers are high. Ever since that time I've looked at old photographs and seen how differently the coats were cut - whether high revers, buttoned up tight, pants tight or pants loose, coats long or short, loose draped, tight fit. There are all kinds of changes of style.

On analysis we found that there were certain elements in the manufacture of men's clothing where the style didn't change very much although they were seasonal in their demand. One of them was work clothes. They don't change very much and are about the same all the time. The work pants don't change very much, nor do the jackets that go with them. I don't mean by this denim overalls, but what are sold as work pants. They're usually a mixture of cotton and wool, sometimes all wool because they're needed for warmth. They have no style. They're meant to get dirty. They have jackets of some sort to go with them and they don't change style. They're loose, the arm holes are big and you can work in them easily out of doors.

The other element that didn't change style from year to year was the exact opposite of the economic scale - the Chesterfield overcoat. The Chesterfield overcoat hasn't changed much since it was designed for Lord Chesterfield apparently. That is a semi-fitted black overcoat of the





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