It consisted of a single-breasted jacket in blue-grey with a stand-up collar.

Men's jackets are about $560; overcoats, $640, and ladies' single-breasted jackets, $390, at $1.42 to the pound.

Most fashionable man, traditional category, goes to Michael Douglas in a single-breasted, peaked-lapel jacket, the original tuxedo style.

Three years ago, retailers white-knuckled over the ordering of any single-breasted jacket with more than two buttons.

The dominant style was single-breasted, peaked-lapel jackets over long, fluted skirts.

The single-breasted jacket was worn without a belt, with a white or grey-green shirt and a green tie.

They prefer single-breasted jackets with center vents and "Brooks Brothers shoulders," which form a soft, rolling line.

During the late 1920s, double-breasted vests, often worn with a single-breasted jacket, also became quite fashionable.

We have to have a single-breasted jacket and a double-breasted jacket.

Notched lapels are only found on single-breasted jackets and are the most informal style.