Revers

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A revers or rever is a part of a garment that is reversed to display the lining or facing outside.{{cite book|last=Picken|first=Mary Brooks|title=Textiles and Sewing Materials|location=Scranton, Pa.|publisher=International Textbook Company|date=1923|page=242|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nLwwAQAAMAAJ}} The word is borrowed from French revers, which is reflected in the final s being silent.

The most common form of revers is the lapel. The revers emerged in the 1860s{{cite book|last=Nunn|first=Joan|title=Fashion in Costume, 1200-1980|location=New York|publisher=Schocken Books|date=1984|isbn=9780805239058|page=[https://archive.org/details/fashionincostume0000nunn/page/140 140]|url=https://archive.org/details/fashionincostume0000nunn/page/140}}{{cite book|last=Edwards|first=Nina|title=On the Button: The Significance of an Ordinary Item|location=London|publisher=I.B. Tauris|date=2011|isbn=9781848855847|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rb46WTFfQAAC|page=93}} in France as soldiers began unbuttoning the fronts of their uniforms. When the revers became dirty, the uniform could be buttoned up to show a clean front again.