Sack suit

Japanese: sack suit(英語表記)sacksuit
Sack suit

… The origins of the suit are said to date back to the 17th century justocol, but it can be said that it was more directly an improvement of the frock coat, which was the most common everyday wear for men from the 18th to 19th centuries. From the middle of the 19th century, the walking frock suit appeared as an improvement of the long, heavy frock, and this was further simplified into a light suit-like suit called the lounge suit in England and the sack suit in America. This type of early suit-like suit that appeared in the 19th century was initially for leisure use. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "sack suit" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 背広の源流は17世紀のジュストコルにさかのぼるといわれているが,直接的には18世紀から19世紀にかけて最も一般的な男性の日常着であったフロックコートが改良されたものといえよう。19世紀の中ごろから,丈が長くて重苦しいフロックの改良型としてウォーキング・フロック・スーツが登場し,さらにこれを簡略化したのがイギリスでラウンジ・スーツlounge suit,アメリカでサック・スーツsack suitと呼ばれた軽快な背広型のスーツであった。19世紀に登場したこの種の初期背広型のスーツは,最初はレジャー用であった。…

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