Teba jacket

An olive green Teba jacket.

A Teba jacket is a soft, single-breasted jacket, unpadded throughout the chest and shoulders, and featuring shirt-like sleeves, ventless backs, and notchless lapels.[1] It was originally designed as a shooting blazer that would not make it difficult to raise the elbow when firing.[2] It was first tailored in Zarautz (Spain), and was named after the 22nd Earl of Teba, Carlos Alfonso Mitjans y Fitz-James Stuart, who was given a similar garment as a gift by Alfonso XIII during a Big-game driven hunt in Spain.[3] The Teba jacket has since been used not only as the utmost iconic piece of spanish countrywear[4] but also as a city outfit due to its popularity throughout the world.[5]

The Earl of Teba, who was nicknamed "Bunting", was considered one of the finest shots in the World during his lifetime, and was a grand-nephew of the Empress of France, Eugenia de Montijo, as well as a direct descendant of James II via his maternal line, the Spanish House of FitzJames.

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References

  1. ↑ "Die Workwear".
  2. ↑ Chenoune, Farid (1996), A history of men's fashion (1st ed.), Flammarion, ISBN 978-2080135360
  3. ↑ "Bel y Cia".
  4. ↑ "Artumès & Co".
  5. ↑ Schneider, Sven R., Gentlemen of the Golden Age (1st ed.), Gentleman's Gazette
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