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The Nehru jacket is a hip-length tailored coat for men or women, with a
The Nehru jacket is a variation of the Jodhpuri where the material is often
Unlike the achkan, which falls somewhere below the knees of the wearer, the Nehru jacket is shorter. Jawaharlal Nehru, notably, never wore this type of Nehru jacket.
The Nehru jacket is a hip-length tailored coat for men or women, with a mandarin collar
A mandarin collar, standing collar, Nehru collar, band collar or choker collar is a short unfolded stand-up collar style on a shirt or jacket. The style derives its Western name from the mandarin bureaucrats in Qing-era China that employed i ...
, and with its front modelled on the Indian achkan
An achkan (, ), also known as ''baghal bandi'', is a knee length jacket worn by men in the Indian subcontinent. It is a similar garment to the angarkha.
History
The achkan evolved from the , a dress which was worn by people in higher social c ...
or sherwani
A sherwani is a long-sleeved outer coat worn by men in South Asia. Like the Western frock coat, it is fitted, with some waist suppression; it falls to below the knees and is buttoned down the front. It can be collarless, have a shirt-style col ...
, a garment worn by Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, and statesman who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century. Nehru was a pr ...
, the prime minister of India from 1947 to 1964.
History
The Nehru jacket is a variation of the Jodhpuri where the material is often khadi
Khadi (, ), derived from khaddar, is a hand-spun and woven natural fibre cloth promoted by Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi as Swadeshi movement, ''swadeshi (of homeland)'' for the freedom struggle of India and the term is used throughout the Indian sub ...
(hand-woven cloth). The Jodhpuri itself is an evolution from the Angarkha. Popularized during the terms of Jawaharlal Nehru, these distinct Bandhgalas made from khadi remain popular to this day.
Style
Unlike the achkan, which falls somewhere below the knees of the wearer, the Nehru jacket is shorter. Jawaharlal Nehru, notably, never wore this type of Nehru jacket.
Popularity
The jacket was first marketed as the ''Nehru jacket'' in Europe and America in the mid-1960s. It was briefly popular there in the late 1960s and early 1970s, its popularity spurred by the aspirational class' growing awareness of foreign cultures, by theminimalism
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of the Mod lifestyle and, in particular, by Sammy Davis Jr. and the Beatles
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. Some were also worn by Roger Delgado's version of the renegade Time Lord
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known as the Master on the British science fiction television show ''Doctor Who
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''.
Charles Barron and Mahathir Mohamad
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are among the politicians who frequently wear Nehru suits.
In 2012, the Nehru jacket was listed among the "Top 10 Political Fashion Statements" by ''Time magazine
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''.
See also
*Sari
A sari (also called sharee, saree or sadi)The name of the garment in various regional languages include:
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* is a drape (cloth) and a women's garment in the Indian subcontinent. It consists of an un-sti ...
* Mao suit
* Mujib Coat
* Gakuran
The majority of Japan's junior high and high schools require students to wear Japanese school uniforms. Female Japanese school uniforms are noted for their sailor aesthetics, a characteristic adopted in the early 20th century to imitate the pop ...
* Raj pattern
* Abacost
The abacost, a blending of the French ''"à bas le costume"'' (), was the distinctive clothing for men that was promoted by Mobutu Sese Seko as part of his '' authenticité'' programme in Zaire, between 1972 and 1990. Zairians were banned from ...
* Kariba suit
* Leisure suit
* Madiba shirt
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