A coat is typically an outer garment for the upper body, worn by any gender for warmth or fashion.[1] Coats typically have long sleeves and are open down the front, and closing by means of buttons, zippers, hook-and-loop fasteners, toggles, a belt, or a combination of some of these. Other possible features include collars, shoulder straps, and hoods.
The origins of the Western-style coat can be traced to the sleeved, close-fitted and front-fastened coats worn by the nomads of the Central Asian steppes in the eleventh century, though this style of coat may be much older, having been found with four-thousand-year-old Tarim mummies.[4] The medieval and renaissance coat (generally spelled cote or cotte by costume historians) is a mid-length, sleeved outer garment worn by both men and women, fitted to the waist and buttoned up the front, with a full skirt in its essentials, not unlike the modern coat.[5]
By the eighteenth century, overcoats had begun to supplant capes and cloaks as outerwear in Western fashion. Before the Industrial Revolution, which began in the second half of the eighteenth century, the extremely high cost of cloth meant certain styles of clothing represented wealth and rank, but as cloth became more affordable post-industrialization, people within a lower social class could adopt the fashionable outdoor wear of the wealthy elite, which, notably, included a coat.[6] In the nineteenth century, the invention of the sewing machine paired with existing textile machinery increased the affordability of mass-produced, ready-to-wear clothing and helped spur the popularity of wearing coats and jackets.[7] By the mid-twentieth century the terms jacket and coat became confused for recent styles; the difference in use is still maintained for older garments.
In the early nineteenth century, Western-style coats were divided into under-coats and overcoats. The term "under-coat" is now archaic but denoted the fact that the word coat could be both the outermost layer for outdoor wear (overcoat) or the coat is worn under that (under-coat). However, the term coat has begun to denote just the overcoat rather than the under-coat. The older usage of the word coat can still be found in the expression "to wear a coat and tie",[8] which does not mean that wearer has on an overcoat. Nor do the terms tailcoat, morning coat or house coat denote types of overcoat. Indeed, an overcoat may be worn over the top of a tailcoat. In tailoring circles, the tailor who makes all types of coats is called a coat maker. Similarly, in American English, the term sports coat is used to denote a type of jacket not worn as outerwear (overcoat) (sports jacket in British English).
The term jacket is a traditional term usually used to refer to a specific type of short under-coat.[9] Typical modern jackets extend only to the upper thigh in length, whereas older coats such as tailcoats are usually of knee length. The modern jacket worn with a suit is traditionally called a lounge coat (or a lounge jacket) in British English and a sack coat in American English. The American English term is rarely used. Traditionally, the majority of men dressed in a coat and tie, although this has become gradually less widespread since the 1960s. Because the basic pattern for the stroller (black jacket worn with striped trousers in British English) and dinner jacket (tuxedo in American English) are the same as lounge coats, tailors traditionally call both of these special types of jackets a coat.
An overcoat is designed to be worn as the outermost garment worn as outdoor wear;[10] while this use is still maintained in some places, particularly in Britain, elsewhere the term coat is commonly used mainly to denote only the overcoat, and not the under-coat. A topcoat is a slightly shorter[citation needed] overcoat, if any distinction is to be made. Overcoats worn over the top of knee length coats (under-coats) such as frock coats, dress coats, and morning coats are cut to be a little longer than the under-coat so as to completely cover it, as well as being large enough to accommodate the coat underneath.
The length of an overcoat varies: mid-calf being the most frequently found and the default when current fashion is not concerned with hemlines. Designs vary from knee-length to ankle-length, briefly fashionable in the early 1970s and known (to contrast with the usurped mini) as the "maxi".[11]
The terms coat and jacket are both used around the world. The modern terms "jacket" and "coat" are often used interchangeably as terms, although the term "coat" tends to be used to refer to longer garments.
Pro-Grade 294 Base Coat & Sealer is a one-component, water-based elastomeric base coating and sealer that is highly resistant to disbonding and prohibits passage of asphaltic oils from the existing roof membrane. It is used as a base coat for Pro-Grade 280 White Elastomeric Roof Coating and stain-blocking sealer for Pro-Grade 988 Silicone Roof Coating and may be applied over previously coated roofs, asphalt emulsion, smooth asphalt Built-Up Roofing (BUR), Modified Bitumen (MB), aged EPDM, Hypalon and PVC roofs, metal roofs, concrete roofs and stucco and masonry parapet walls.
For people, our appearance reflects how we want the world to see us, what we are comfortable in, what we think of ourselves. Some of these looks tend to conform and present a societal archetype to those who see us.
Let me give you an example. If you wear a three-piece suit and shiny shoes, you mean business. But if you have a facial tattoo and a piercing through your neck, you might also mean business but perhaps a different sort. These are extreme examples and stereotypes but what I am trying to say is that your appearance says a lot about you and what you are trying to project, no matter how that can be interpreted by the viewer.
Face tattoos and 3-piece suits can be interpreted in different ways. But one thing that we all seem to have in common is respect for the white lab coat. Not only do we see it as an authoritative figure but we see it as empowering to ourselves.
Besides the fact that these results are frightening, it does prove that what you wear can create an air of authority. The lab coat garners respect, even when you are just an actor posing as a professor and asking people to give other people lethal electric shocks!
The customer experience is absolutely influenced by appearances. How your people dress in a customer experience is important. But appearance means more than just the clothing they wear. The individual words they use are important. Even their body language is important. All of these contribute to the customer experience, both consciously and subconsciously. We call this the subconscious experience.
A white coat is symbolic, an indication of healing, professionalism, and has been for countless years in history. Patients surrender to this insignia, take pride and belief in your abilities to serve as a healer, their healer. The white coat is an indication of mastery, of expertise.
Wearing a white coat is a privilege, an honor, but with it comes responsibility. The patient sitting in your chair immediately becomes your primary concern, above all else, including yourself. You are responsible for the well-being of your patient and you must ensure your patient receives the best quality of care you can provide.
Place your crumb coated cake in the fridge for another 20 minutes. You want the frosting to set and harden enough that you can apply frosting to it easily, without any drag or sticking. Hint: If you touch the crumb coat with the tip of your finger and your finger comes away clean, it's good to go.
My only problem with the technique of crumb coats is that I don't like cake that has been chilled nearly as well as cake that has not been. It always seems to me that chilling a cake causes it to get dense instead of staying light and fluffy. Do you know if I chilled the cake for the minimum time called for, would still happen? Maybe the cake doesn't get cold enough for the texture to change?
Hi there, Ruby! The minimum chilling time (30 minutes) is a fairly short amount of time so we don't think that the texture of your cake will change. The cake shouldn't become dense, if anything it'll be a bit stiff but soften up after some time at room temperature. We hope this helps!
The keynote speaker of our white coat ceremony held the arms out allowing me to slip into my new pearly white coat for the first time. I remember feeling humbled and grateful for the opportunity to represent such a noble profession. One of prestige and promise.
I wonder if my grandfather, helping his father fish in the rocky waters off the coast of his small, rural Irish village where he shared a one room home with his 13 siblings, ever imagined his granddaughter would be a physician one day. I wonder if he, when he got his first pair of shoes at the age of 13 and had to move to the city of Galway to work at a small pharmacy to send money back to his family, ever imagined his granddaughter would be the one writing the scripts one day.
My grandparents, despite their struggles, established a life in the US in which their children could thrive and prosper. I fortunately grew up in a middle-upper class home, with all of the opportunity in the world at my fingertips. Just a few blocks away from my home, however, were the public housing projects where most of my friends lived. The children of hardworking Dominican and Haitian immigrants, their parents were not able to help them with homework, college applications, or FAFSA. Once ignorant to our differences, as I grew up it became all too apparent how different the trajectory of our lives were.
My mother, the first in her family to go to college, who taught me what it means to exist as a professional woman in this world; who teaches me what it means to be soft in a world that is hard and what it means to stand up in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles.
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