Spenzer

Marine penzer

A tight-fitting, waist-length jacket for women and men is called a Spenzer . The name is said to go back to the inventor, George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer . Different spellings are Spencer or Spenser. In earlier epochs and still today in traditional costumes , the term was also used generally for jackets.

Spenzers are common in gastronomy and as evening wear for uniforms .

As a women's underwear, a Spenzer is a tight-fitting, short top that you can slip on.

In fashion, the Barmann-Spenzer is a waist-short women's and men's jacket in the look of a vest, with fabric ties on the back.

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Individual evidence

↑ Spenzer . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 15, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 125.
↑ Spenzer , Kleidungskultur.de, accessed on November 6, 2013
↑ ^a ^b ^c Alfons Hofer: Textile and Model Lexicon. 7th edition. Volumes 1 and 2, Deutscher Fachverlag, Frankfurt am Main 1997, ISBN 3-87150-518-8 , keywords “Barmann-Spenzer”, “Spencer, Spenzer”.

[1] Spenzer . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 15, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 125.

[2] Spenzer , Kleidungskultur.de, accessed on November 6, 2013

[Hofer1-3] Alfons Hofer: Textile and Model Lexicon. 7th edition. Volumes 1 and 2, Deutscher Fachverlag, Frankfurt am Main 1997, ISBN 3-87150-518-8 , keywords “Barmann-Spenzer”, “Spencer, Spenzer”.