who invented the trench coat
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Fashion Fact #7 Thomas Burberry invented gabardine in 1880, the fabric used to construct most trench coats. Gabardine is very tightly woven fabric, and therefore repels rain (remember, the trench coat is actually a rain coat, not just a fashion item!) Gabardine is breathable, lightweight, and doesn’t crease easily.
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- H by Halston As Is H. by Halston Knee Length Trench Coat More Info Product cell. Timeless, tailored, and always on-trend, a classic trench coat should be part of every woman's wardrobe, like this version from H by Halston. Clean in design with just the right amount of sophistication, this coat holds on to all the classic trench-style details with femininity in mind. From H by Halston.Original item is A286217.
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- One additional item given to Civil War soldiers on both sides was the havelock, a cap cover made popular by Sir Henry Havelock of the British army in the Sepoy Rebellion in India in 1857. Made of white linen or cotton, the havelock was to be worn over the soldier's cap with its long tail covering the man's neck.
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Dickey (garment) The invention of the dickey was to make the bosom front of a full dress shirt a separate entity in itself, like the detachable collar, so it could be laundered and starched more easily than a traditional shirt with the bosom attached.
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- Gucci. A fashion comany started by Guccio Gucci in the late 1800s in Italy. It is now an international fashion company and is the benchmark for high-end designer clothes. Their clothes are now designed by Tom Ford. They are the makers of many lines including fragrance, jewelry, and watches.
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Penicillin Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) discovered penicillin by accident in 1928. While conducting research using several petri dishes of bacteria cultures, he accidentally left one of the cultures uncovered for several days. Fleming found the dish contaminated with a mold.
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The True Inventor of Blue Jeans The True Inventor of the Blue Jeans. No article of clothing better represents America than a pair of denim jeans. The birth of this ubiquitous apparel took place 139 years ago this week (1873) when two men received a patent on “waist overalls” reinforced with copper rivets, what we now know as blue jeans. One of the men was Levi Strauss (1829-1902), whose name lives on through Levi Strauss & Company. The other patent recipient was Jacob Davis, the tailor who actually invented the denim pant with rivets.
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Joseph Aspdin's Portland Cement English inventor and manufacturer who is noted for his patent for Portland cement (1824). In 1824, Joseph Aspdin, of Leeds, England, received a British Patent (No. 5022, issued 21 Oct 1824) for a product which he named Portland cement because the set cement resembled the oolitic limestone of Portland, England.
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- Sir Hiram Maxim (1840-1916), an inveterate inventor who designed the machine gun bearing his name, was born on 5 February 1840 in Maine, USA the eldest son of a mechanic.
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25 Years Later: Trenchless Technology Magazineâs Impact on the Industry That pretty much sums up Trenchless Technology’s entry into the trenchless industry — that it arrived at the right time and place in trenchless’ history. 1992. Trenchless technology had been around for many years but was still a virtual unknown to municipalities, owners and engineers; however, it was on the cusp of emerging onto a much larger stage. Enter Trenchless Technology magazine, a media vehicle to cover this unique market and give it a broader audience.
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A Manâs Guide to the Trench Coat Modern trench coat length ranges from 37 to 45 inches; the first trench coats were made longer, often worn only a few inches off the ground to better protect the wearer from the elements. There is not a right length for a trench coat, rather a man should choose a length based off his body type. Tall and large men should consider longer coats that fall below the knee – short coats make them look like giants. Smaller men should select shorter coats that fit above the knee and are closely tailored.
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Louis Pasteur Biography Scientist Louis Pasteur came up with the food preparing process known as pasteurization; he also developed a vaccination for anthrax and rabies. Synopsis Born on December 27, 1822, in Dole, France, Louis Pasteur discovered that microbes were responsible for souring alcohol and came up with the process of pasteurization, where bacteria is destroyed by heating beverages and then allowing them to cool. His work in germ theory also led him and his team to create vaccinations for anthrax and rabies.
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Who Made That Zipper? “If I were a Victorian novelist, I couldn’t have come up with a sweeter tale,” says Robert Friedel, the author of “Zipper.”. In the 1920s, B.F. Goodrich began to use the Hookless in its rubber boots — and named the boot “Zipper” after the noise the device made. “This thing took 20 years to figure out,” Friedel says. The Wright brothers, he points out, needed only a few years to build the airplane.
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The Covert Coat In 1893, it was cut much more fitted and was usually just 3 inches longer than the lounge coat worn underneath it. 1  Also, it was single breasted and now had a fly front as well as 4 pockets. Four years later, the first Covert Coat with Raglan sleeves appeared on London streets, but this fashion never really caught on.
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- Eddie Bauer‏Verified account @eddiebauer Apr 13. Eddie Bauer Retweeted Costume Society UK. Eddie actually invented the first quilted down jacket in 1936; in 1940, it became the first patented down jacket in America. #themoreyouknowhttps://twitter.com/costume_society/status/814810780973473792 ….
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- Thomas Jennings became the first African-American patent holder when he patented a method for dry-cleaning clothes. Thomas Jennings became the first African-American patent holder when he patented a method for dry-cleaning clothes. Thomas Jennings, the First African-American Patent Holder Search the site GO
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The History of Cheesecake and Cream Cheese Cream Cheese. In 1872, cream cheese was invented by American dairymen, William Lawrence of Chester, N.Y., who accidentally developed a method of producing cream cheese while trying to reproduce a French cheese called Neufchatel. William Lawrence distributed his brand in foil wrappers from 1880 under the name of the Empire Company.
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Philip Danforth Armour Armour & Co. was the first company to produce canned meat and also one of the first to employ an assembly-line technique in its factories. In order to get his meat products to market Armour followed the lead of rival Gustavus Swift when he established the Armour Refrigerator Line in 1883.
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Doberman Pinscher The Doberman Pinscher dates back to the late 19th century, where it was developed by a German tax collector named Louis Dobermann. In addition to having the dangerous job of tax collecting, Dobermann was also the town dogcatcher, and often brought a dog with him for protection.
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The trench coat's forgotten WW1 roots 1 The coats were first used in the Boer War in 1895 - Burberry developed them further and supplied about half a million during World War One. 2  London's Aquascutum, meanwhile, claims to have used designs which later formed the basis for the trench coat as early as the 1850s.
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- This blue wool coat is part of a suit of regimentals made for George Washington in 1789. It has a buff wool rise and fall collar, buff cuffs and lapels, and buff lining; there is a row of yellow metal buttons on each lapel, as well as on each cuff. The waistcoat and breeches are matching buff wool,with gilt buttons. Specific History
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Purpose of gunflap on trench coat The flap is essentially a capelet, designed to button over and keep water from running into the upper corner on the buttoned side of the coat. If you button up a trench coat, you may notice that the part just infront of the collarbone is just one piece of fabric on top of the other, and the overlap is open on the top edge.
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- Furthermore, their slow rate of reproduction makes them susceptible to hunting pressure. The brown-headed spider monkey is one of the most threatened animals in Ecuador. Two subspecies of the brown-headed spider monkey are recognised, with each living in a different area.
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How was penicillin discovered? Alexander Fleming, a Scottish bacteriologist in London, discovered penicillin by mistake when he was trying to study Staphylococcus bacteria in 1928.
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10 Things You Didnât Know about the U.S. Secret Service Here are a few things you might not know about the United States Secret Service. 1. They were created by Abraham Lincoln. President Abraham Lincoln established the United States Secret Service on April 14, 1865. It is a sad historical irony that later that day, Lincoln was assassinated. When it was commissioned the following July, the “Secret Service Division of the Department of the Treasury” was responsible for tracking down counterfeiters.