The Nehru jacket is an article of clothing that originates in India and became popular in the West in the 1960s. It is modelled after the jackets preferred by the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. Men and women wearing suits, an example of one of the many modern forms of clothing (from the 1937 Chicago Woolen Mills catalog) Clothing is defined, in its broadest sense, as coverings for the torso and limbs as well as coverings for the hands (gloves), feet (socks, shoes, sandals, boots... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... The Prime Minister of India is, in practice, the most powerful person in the government of India. ... Jawaharlal Nehru (जवाहरलाल नेहरू, Javāharlāl Nehrū) (November 14, 1889 – May 27, 1964), also called Pandit (Scholar, Teacher) Nehru, was one of the most important leaders of the Indian Independence Movement and, as the head of the Indian National Congress, became the first Prime Minister of India when India won its...

The distinctive feature of the jacket is its stand-up collar. Its popularity in 1960s was buoyed by both the growing awareness of ethnic diversity and the minimalism of the Mod lifestyle, and particularly by the Beatles, who wore the jackets during their 1968 trip to India. An ethnic group is a group of people who identify with one another, or are so identified by others, on the basis of a boundary that distinguishes them from other groups. ... Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is stripped down to its most fundamental features. ... The logo of the mod movement was a stylised target, based on the roundel of the Royal Air Force. ... The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 as part of their first tour of the United States, promoting their first hit single there, I Want To Hold Your Hand. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

Trivia

• Johnny Carson was commissioned to wear Nehru jackets on his show during the mid-1970s, in the hopes of making them popular again.
• Ernst Stavro Blofeld, James Bond's archenemy wears a Nehru jacket in You Only Live Twice. Beginning in the 1990s, Dr. Evil and Mini-Me from the Austin Powers films parody this look.
• Sammy Davis Jr. claimed to have over 200 Nehru jackets.
• In The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, the black coat that Neo wears inside the Matrix is a combination of a Nehru jacket and a sherwani.
• Televangelist Benny Hinn often wears a Nehru jacket.
• Steven Seagal wears Nehru jackets, as well as a variety of other asiatic styles.

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See also

• Mao suit

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External links

• http://www.badfads.com/pages/fashion/nehru.html
• http://www.seanparnell.com/Nehru%20Jacket/Nehru%20Jacket.htm