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A blazer is a type of lightweight sport jacket. Originally a scarlet jacket worn in club or plain colours when boating or cricketing, the garment gradually lost its connection with sportswear from the 1930s onward to enter classic style, and the look came to be associated with the lifestyle of wealthy elites.[1][2][3]
A "nautical blazer" is a double-breasted navy blue jacket with naval-style metal buttons (gold, or sometimes silver coloured). "Rowing" or "cricket blazers" have bright-coloured solid stripes, and a patch on the chest pocket denoting the club or college. Other types, featuring a contrasting piping along notched lapels, were worn more formally for the presentation of cups or medals.[4][5]
Blazers are often part of a uniform that denotes, for example, an airline's employees, pupils of a particular school, members of sports clubs, or sportswomen and men on a particular team.
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