Odd Jackets

So what is an odd jacket - when not a blogger? At the beginning of the 20th century, men wore suits for doing pretty much everything. People quickly realised that it was hard playing sports in a full suit. The main problem was that the trousers quickly wore out, leaving the owner with just a jacket - an odd jacket - with no matching trousers. People started to pair their odd jackets with trousers made of hardier fabrics. It didn’t take long for people to start producing specific jackets for sports, which were then called sports jacket. So back to the question of what an odd jacket is - it is a jacket that hasn’t got matching trousers. Blazers having evolved a different rout are not classed as odd jackets.