| Ah, the smoking jacket: a fashion that
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| | odor of tobacco. Thus, before a man lit a
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| has gone away, fallen into the clothing
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| | pipe or a cigar, he would put on a
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| abyss with leg warmers, hoop skirts, and
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| | smoking jacket, trapping the odors in
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| beloved parachute pants. On occasion, you
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| | that jacket instead of his everyday
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| might glimpse a smoking jacket, seeing
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| | clothing. The jacket also served as
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| one in an old movie or an oil panting
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| | protection for the underclothing from ash
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| hanging over a fireplace mantel. But,
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| | and tobacco burns.
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| chances are, you don't come into contact
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| | Smoking jackets are typically expensive,
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| with these types of jackets very often.
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| | which helps make them almost nonexistent
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| Truth be told, they are a thing of yore:
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| | in today's society. Their high expense is
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| the concept of the smoking jacket has
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| | due to the high priced nature of the
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| been smoked out.
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| | materials use. However, in defense of the
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| Still, like the past of many things, the
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| | smoking jacket, the expense may be worth
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| history of the smoking jacket is
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| | it: they usually last a lifetime.
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| interesting. Though you wouldn't know it
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| | Sometimes a smoking jacket is accompanied
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| now, they were once very popular, almost
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| | by a smoking cap, at least for people who
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| like the jean jacket of the 1980's, the
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| | aim to wear the entire smoking outfit.
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| Disco jacket of the 1970's, or the
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| | The smoking cap, though also prevalent
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| straight jacket of the 1960's.
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| | during Victorian times, was never quite
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| Originally developed for people to wear
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| | as popular as its jacketed counterpart.
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| during times of smoking pipes and cigars
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| | It did, however, serve a similar aim:
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| (and occasionally cigarettes) smoking
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| | like the smoking jacket, the smoking cap
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| jackets are waist length and typically
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| | purposed to appease women by keeping the
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| made of expensive material, namely velvet
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| | odor of tobacco smoke out of the hair of
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| or silk. The jackets include turn up
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| | men. For this reason, many smoking caps
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| cuffs, fastenings, and a high collar.
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| | were made by wives or given as gifts to
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| While they can be any color, the ones of
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| | tobacco indulging husbands.
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| the past were usually made of hues that
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| | Today, smoking caps and smoking jackets
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| knew how to be anything but subtle.
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| | are hard to find, though some are
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| Burgundy, forest green, and dark red were
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| | available online or in vintage clothing
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| common colors used.
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| | stores. The demise in their popularity
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| During Victorian times, the smoking
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| | could be from many things. They might be
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| jacket was among the most popular of
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| | too expensive, and they might be too
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| clothing items. Its development is
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| | pretentious, but it's most likely that it
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| believed to have been perpetuated by the
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| | turns out women don't really dislike the
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| belief that females were sensitive to the
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| | smell of tobacco smoke after all.
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