Jawaharlal Nehru in an achkan or sherwani, a garment which served as a model for the Nehru jacket.
The Nehru jacket is a variation of the Jodhpuri where the material is often khadi (hand-woven cloth). The Jodhpuri itself is an evolution from the Angarkha. Popularized during the terms of Jawaharlal Nehru, these distinct Bandhgalas made from khadi remain popular to this day.[1]
Styleedit
Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh (left) wearing a Nehru jacket as the top half of a suit, meeting Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff in Sanya, China, April 2011
Unlike the achkan, which falls somewhere below the knees of the wearer, the Nehru jacket is shorter. Jawaharlal Nehru, notably, never wore this type of Nehru jacket.[a][2]
Popularityedit
The jacket was first marketed as the Nehru jacket in Europe and America in the mid 1960s. It was briefly popular there in the late 1960s and early 1970s, its popularity spurred by the aspirational class' growing awareness of foreign cultures, by the minimalism of the Mod lifestyle and, in particular, by Sammy Davis Jr.[3] and the Beatles.[4][5] Some were also worn by Roger Delgado's version of the renegade Time Lord known as the Master on the British science fiction television show Doctor Who.
^"Nehru Jacket, which we know today had undergone alterations from its basic Achkin or Sherwani model over the years even during the lifetime of Nehru. The main difference between the popular Nehru Jacket and the original Achkan is the length. Achkans go below the knees whereas Nehru Jacket hardly reaches hips. It was only after 1940s the term 'Nehru Jacket' was started using widely. Till then it was known as 'band gale Ica coat', which means 'closed neck coat.' The strangest part of the story is that Nehru had never worn the popular, modified ones named after him, but always preferred the traditional models more akin to Ackhan or Sherwani."[2]
Citationsedit
^"Nehru Jacket or Modi Vest: Which One Are You Wearing Today? | Outlook India Magazine". 4 February 2022.
^ abAramam, Ajmal (16 January 2016). . Tehelka. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
^Gonna Do Great Things: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr., p. 15, Gary Fishgall
^"John Lennon's iconic suit goes on auction after being lost for 40 year". Express.co.uk. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
^"Clothes encounter! Barron gets flak over jacket". Retrieved 28 March 2023 – via PressReader.
^"Malaysian Leader: War May Bring Backlash". 20 February 2003.
^Jared T. Miller (16 January 2012). . Time. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
January 01, 1970
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