Glossary · Jacket
Barchetta pocket
Said bar-KET-ta
A breast pocket cut on a gentle upward curve, like a little boat: barchetta in Italian. A Neapolitan signature, and purely a shape: the pocket does nothing a straight one does not.
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Glossary · Jacket
Said bar-KET-ta
A breast pocket cut on a gentle upward curve, like a little boat: barchetta in Italian. A Neapolitan signature, and purely a shape: the pocket does nothing a straight one does not.