Flannel vest

Flannel vest

Introduction

A flannel vest is a garment, usually worn instead of an overcoat.Fact|date=June 2008

The re-emergence of the garment as a counter-cultural statment in the 1990s, was spear-headed by such grunge luminaries as Nirvana .Fact|date=June 2008

Uses

Since the inception of the flannel vest, the garment has been praised for its heat retention properties, this is a major contributing factor to its popularity.

Context

Historically, flannel vests were regarded as a status symbol in some regions of United States, Canada, and the Soviet Union, particularly in rural communities.Fact|date=June 2008

This trend was re-ignited in the 1920s, when the flannel vest phenomenon was re-ignited in South Carolina.Fact|date=June 2008


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