maybe it is
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A lot of 70’s fashion was inspired by a notion of “medieval”. That vest and those big buckles have a Robin Hood-as-seen-on-TV-air to them. Is there an expert on medieval fashion around that can tell us if such garments actually existed and what they were called? The Medieval Dutch word for a vest worn as outer layer would be "wambuis ".
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I’m no expert, but I think “jerkin” would probably be the word in English, though that usually implies leather, I believe.
*Jerkin *is right - they aren’t necessarily leather. Ideally worn over the doublet (jacket), but can be worn over just the shirt.
[QUOTE=MrDibble]
*Jerkin *is right - they aren’t necessarily leather. Ideally worn over the doublet (jacket), but can be worn over just the shirt.
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Yeah, but no self respecting medieval person would be caught dead in that. And these are people who walked around in pants with none of the essential pant parts.
[QUOTE=psychonaut]
Really? Mr. Roper almost always wore a plain shirt and a cardigan. I never saw anything remotely effeminate about his clothes.
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I wonder if WhyNot was momentarily confusing Mr. Roper (Norman Fell) and Mr. Furley (Don Knotts). Mr. Roper’s clothes were pretty normal and boring, while Mr. Furley’s were quite flamboyant (he erroneously considered himself a ladies’ man).
[QUOTE=Scarlett67]
I wonder if WhyNot was momentarily confusing Mr. Roper (Norman Fell) and Mr. Furley (Don Knotts). Mr. Roper’s clothes were pretty normal and boring, while Mr. Furley’s were quite flamboyant (he erroneously considered himself a ladies’ man).
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Yep, I think I was/am.
Sorry, I was born in '74.
[QUOTE=Lynn Bodoni]
Oh yes…I believe (though I’m not sure) that leisure suits were mostly made of doubleknit polyester.
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Oh yes they were. I distinctly remember one that my Mom (an accomplished home sewer) made for my Dad that he wore WELL into the 80’s. I’m pretty sure Mom tossed it out of despair that he still insisted on wearing it.
What Mr. Furley is wearing is a “groovy vest”. Just the thing for trying to score at the Regal Beagle.
[QUOTE=psychonaut]
(I made the screen capture myself from the Season 6 DVD.)
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I can’t decide whether to applaud you for your efforts in the fight against ignorance or mock you for your ownership of a Three’s Company DVD. 
[QUOTE=Cervaise]
I can’t decide whether to applaud you for your efforts in the fight against ignorance or mock you for your ownership of a Three’s Company DVD.
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A Three’s Company DVD? I’m guessing he has six seasons’ worth.
Isn’t it a jerkin?
tim
[QUOTE=trmatthe]
Isn’t it a jerkin?
tim
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Back 'n forth!
[QUOTE=trmatthe]
Isn’t it a jerkin?
tim
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Like a motherfucker. (Oh, SDMB memes. How I love you, and hate you.)