gabardine

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Functional for the outdoors, jackets are cut from cotton gabardine, wool and cashmere for warmth, while the Burberry Check is reworked in earthy colorways like sand and lichen.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2024

The fashion house’s founder, Thomas Burberry, invented the fabric gabardine, a breathable material used for rainwear, in the late 1800s.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 19, 2024

Mallory and Irvine, wearing wool and gabardine, hobnailed leather boots and homemade oxygen sets, disappeared into a swirling cloud on that fateful day, never to be seen alive again.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2022

The heart-shaped logo on this black gabardine cap is a collaboration between Ami, the French label started by Alexandre Mattiussi, and the artist Jean-Paul Goude.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2021

His face and his gray gabardine suit both seemed to be neat and freshly pressed.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole