Teba jacket

A Teba jacket is a soft, single-breasted jacket, unpadded throughout the chest and shoulders, and featuring shirt-like sleeves, ventless backs, and notchless lapels.[1]

An olive green Teba jacket.

Origins

It was originally designed as a shooting blazer that would not make it difficult to raise the elbow when firing.[2] Contrary to common misconception that it was first tailored in Savile Row, the jacket was born in a small tailor shop in Zarautz, Spain, and was named after the 22nd Count of Teba, Carlos Alfonso Mitjans y Fitz-James Stuart, who was gifted with a similar garment by Alfonso XIII during a partridge driven hunt in Spain.[3][4] The lady tailor in question, María Sorreluz Múgica, was commissioned by Teba to design a soft jacket on the lines of the one gifted to him by the king, for him to use at the pigeon-shooting in Igeldo and Zarautz, where he spent his summers.[5]

The Teba jacket has since been used not only as the utmost iconic piece of Spanish countrywear,[6] but also as a city outfit due to its popularity throughout the world.[7] From the beginning, Teba jackets developed a strong association with the aristocratic land-owning upper classes.[8]

See also

References
  1. Guy, Derek (2015-10-08). "The Slouchy Spanish Teba". Die, Workwear. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  2. Chenoune, Farid (1996), A history of men's fashion (1st ed.), Flammarion, ISBN 978-2080135360
  3. Priego (2017). p. 205
  4. "Bel Teba Jacket". Bel y Cia (in English, Spanish, and French). Archived from the original on 2017-12-04. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  5. El Diario Vasco: 'Teba', chaqueta de Zarautz - 3 March 2006
  6. Andrés Puch, "Chaqueta Teba: Un Icono de Estilo" in Spend In, 20 February 2015
  7. Schneider, Sven R., Gentlemen of the Golden Age (1st ed.), Gentleman's Gazette
  8. Mayor Ortega, Leonor (2019-04-21). "Vox o la revolución de las Tebas". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-03.

Bibliography
  • Priego, Count of (2017). Cazadores Españoles del Siglo XX. Turner Publicaciones. ISBN 978-84-16714-29-2.
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