Is a jacket still a jacket if it doesn’t have arms? No — it’s a minefield! The item began life in the tilled fields of 15th-century France. The peasants liked the button down vests because they kept the body warm while allowing full manoeuvrability of the arms. The workers got the name from the Spanish jileco, by the way, which should quash any beastly rumours of a hard ‘G’. Today one might say it is vital for shipbroking, insurance, property, PR, inheriting and lamping.
MONCLER GENIUS | €970
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