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A sportcoat (sports coat, sports jacket), also mistakenly called a blazer, is a tailored coat for men. It is of a similar cut to a suit coat, but is designed to be worn on its own and not as part of a suit. Styles therefore may be less restrictive. Compared to suit jackets, sturdier fabrics are used, such as woollen tweed or houndstooth. Originally sportcoats were worn as casual attire for hunting and other outdoor sports. Today the sportcoat is used as casual wear (e.g. for recreational use, or in America even for business) and is the mainstream coat of choice in North America. A shooting jacket is a type of sportcoat with a leather patch on the front shoulder to prevent wear from the butt of a shotgun or rifle, frequently with matching leather patches on the elbow. A hacking jacket is a wool sportcoat for casual horseback riding, often of tweed and traditionally with a single vent. A blazer is similar to a sportcoat, but blazers have shiny, metal buttons, and purportedly arose from the coats worn by the crew of the HMS Blazer.
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