Gilet

Gilets can be waist- to knee-length and are typically straight-sided rather than fitted, but historically, they were fitted and embroidered.^[2]

In 19th-century dressmaking, a gilet was a dress bodice shaped like a man's waistcoat.^[3]

Gilets are often worn as an outer layer, for extra warmth outdoors, or indoors on occasion.^[4]

Fashion gilets can be made of cloth, fake fur, or knitted wool.

Sports gilets are often windproof and made of wool fleece or a similar synthetic material, Polar fleece.

High-end hiking jackets often have an integral gilet inside them, which can be zipped on and off, as well as insulated with down.

Racing cyclists use thin light gilets with a windproof front and mesh back. Shooting gilets are rugged and made of leather.

Short, overwear gilets are called bodywarmers in the United Kingdom.

• Derivatives and styles of gilets
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  A thin, non-insulated gilet for a cycling team
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  Two men wearing gilets at Strasbourg railway station in France.

• British country clothing
• Cycling kit
• Jerkin (garment)
• Journade
• Scapular
• Surcoat
• Tabard
• Vest
• Yelek