Vest

For other uses, see Vest (disambiguation).
UK: Vest; US: A-shirt or tank top; Aust: Singlet
UK: Waistcoat; US: Vest
UK: Slipover or tank top; US: sweater vest

A vest is a sleeveless garment covering the upper body. The term has different meanings around the world.

A typical Cut-off vest worn by bikers in North America and Europe.

Etymology

The term vest derives from French veste "jacket, sport coat", Italian vesta, veste "robe, gown" and Latin vestis. The sleeveless garment worn by men beneath a coat may have been first popularised by King Charles II of England, since a diary entry by Pepys (October 8, 1666) records that "[t]he King hath yesterday, in Council, declared his resolution of setting a fashion for clothes.... It will be a vest, I know not well how; but it is to teach the nobility thrift."[1]

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