In the latest fashion collections, there is an abundance of stripes that have settled on a variety of things, not to mention women's T-shirts and vest dresses. But today we will not study this fashion trend in full. mystylex.techinfus.com/en/ has already talked about the trends of the new season, we also discussed the nautical style. Today we will recall a little the history of the vest.




Now a vest is called any T-shirt, T-shirt or long sleeve striped. But with the classic vest, everything is a little more complicated. The Bretonne (the original vest that appeared in the French province of Brittany) has 21 stripes since 1852 - some say that by the number of Napoleon's major victories, others say that this is the number of success in the card game of sailors Vingt-et-un.

The Dutch and the British chose a vest with 12 transverse stripes - the same number of ribs in a person. In Russia, the number of stripes depends on the size of the vest. I must say that the width of the stripes in our country was also established: at first the distance between the blue stripes was about 4.5 cm (the white stripes were wider to repeat the ratio of the colors of the Andreevsky flag). In 1912, the blue and white stripes were equalized in width (approximately 1 cm).




Striped clothing in the Middle Ages served as a stigma. It was used to identify marginals: illegitimate, prostitutes, servants, jugglers, jesters, blacksmiths, butchers, executioners and convicts. Thanks to such clothes, they could be identified from a distance and distinguished from respectable citizens. When in the middle of the 13th century Carmelite monks appeared in striped cloaks, they were called "marked", mocked them and forced to change their clothes. Heraldry and paintings of that time retained negative symbolism: if you see stripes in a suit or coat of arms, then we are talking about a dubious person.



Sailors, going on long journeys and feeling their vulnerability to death, tried to appease her. Striped clothes served as a talisman. The sailors thought that the man in the vest was becoming invisible to the spirits, or they took him for a dead man.



In addition, the stripes also had a practical side - in the water and against the background of white sails, the man in the vest is easier to see. Therefore, from the beginning of the 17th century, the vest gradually became part of the uniform of sailors from around the world.




The Breton woman got into fashion thanks to Coco Chanel. In 1917, she created a nautical collection inspired by the image of French sailors. Chanel appeared in society in a striped shirt and flared trousers.

And then Hollywood took over the vest. She first appeared on Lee Marvin, then James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause. The vest was loved by actors, designers and artists - Marilyn Monroe, Pablo Picasso, Audrey Hepburn, Jean Seberg, Brigitte Bardot, Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick, Jean-Paul Gaultier and many others.

Over the years, the fashion industry has created many models of striped clothing, so now our wardrobe can include not only a vest shirt, but also a vest dress and many other striped outfits.