WAIST COATS A.K.A VESTS IN AMERICAN ENGLISH ITS A SLEEVELESS UPPER BODY GARMENT WORN OVER A DRESS SHIRT AND A NECK TIE AND USUALLY BELOW A COAT VERY POPULAR WITH MEN. IT WAS POPULAR BY PRINCE CHARLES II OF ENGLAND,SCOTLAND AND IRELAND. IT WAS POPULAR CULTURE BY HIM.IT WAS DERIVED FROM THE PERSIAN VESTS SEEN BY THE ENGLISH VISITORS OF THE COURT OF SHAH ABBAS FROM THE 1820S ONWARDS ELITE GENTLEMEN ,THE YOUNGER HIP MEN AND MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY WORE CORSETS AND AFTER THE FRENCH REVOLUTION OF 1789 ANTI ARISTOCRATIC SENTIMENT IN FRANCE INFLUENCED THE WARDROBE OF EVERYONE MAKING IT AN ELABORATE ITEM BY 1810 THEY WERE MADE SHORTER AND LIGHTER (SKIN TIGHT) .WAISTCOATS HAVE ALSO BECOME POPULAR THROUGH THE INDIE AND STEAM PUNK COUNTER CULTURE MOVEMENT IN U.S.A
                           THAT IS THE BRIEF HISTORY OF THE WAIST COATS
 

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