Can we please agree on blazer terminology?

kannoos · May 28, 2009

Is this really so hard?

This is a blazer:

This is also a blazer

This is a [civilian] reefer jacket

This is just an odd navy jacket with brass (?) buttons

axe · May 28, 2009

Mr. Moo · May 28, 2009

texas_jack · May 28, 2009

I think a blazer is a solid color and sport coat is patterned and/or tweed

kannoos · May 28, 2009

Originally Posted by texas_jack

I think a blazer is a solid color and sport coat is patterned and/or tweed
See the second image I posted. Blazers are distinctive SB jackets that mark you as a member of a school, club, team or organisation. They are often vividly patterned, but can also be fairly plain (usually the case for school uniforms) in the organisation's main colour, with features like piping and a crest on the breast pocket.

rebel222 · May 28, 2009

Sorry. I'm confused. Are you asking a question or attempting to educate people?

kannoos · May 28, 2009

I'm sure this point has been made before, but I haven't seen a thread dedicated to it, so I thought I would make one. The term blazer is being widely misused.

Butterfly · May 28, 2009

Originally Posted by texas_jack

I think a blazer is a solid color and sport coat is patterned and/or tweed

-1. This is incorrect.

rebel222 · May 28, 2009

Is the possible that the meaning on the term blazer has changed?

HomerJ · May 28, 2009

Smoking blazer.

kannoos · May 28, 2009

Oh fine, I can't be bothered with this.

Butterfly · May 28, 2009

Originally Posted by kannoos

See the second image I posted. Blazers are distinctive SB jackets that mark you as a member of a school, club, team or organisation. They are often vividly patterned, but can also be fairly plain (usually the case for school uniforms) in the organisation's main colour, with features like piping and a crest on the breast pocket.
That is the classical definition, but the term is being misused much more badly than you've indicated. I hear people all the time using it interchangeably with sportcoat and odd jacket... maybe not so much on this forum, but definitely in public. If you can get people to restrict themselves to using it only for SB jackets in navy or stripes, with patch pockets and/or metal buttons then that would already be improvement...

erdawe · May 28, 2009

Words evolve and take one new meanings.
By posting a thread on an internet forum trying to correct the world with a historical, if not slightly antiquated definition of the word isn't going to change anything.

voxsartoria · May 28, 2009

I wish we could settle on terminology for what is worn down below: pants, trousers, slacks, or skirt?

- B

kannoos · May 28, 2009

Well, I was just aiming to get people on SF to use the correct terminology. And it's not just because it's correct, or because I like clinging to antiquated definitions. It's because it makes sense. The term blazer has become ambiguous because it can refer to three completely different things - traditional blazers, reefer jackets and single breasted versions thereof. It would be sensible to use more accurate terms.

Can we please agree on blazer terminology?

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