Reversible garment

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A reversible garment is a garment that can be worn two ways, which differ by turning the garment "inside out". However, there is no true "inside out" to a reversible garment, since either way, it gives a fashionable appearance.{{cite book|title=Webster's II New College Dictionary|author1=Houghton Mifflin Company|author2=Webster|date=1999|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company|isbn=9780395962145|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vsaXzwMndS8C|page=949|accessdate=2015-04-05}} Garments that are commonly made reversible include hats, jackets, vests, sweaters, shirts, trousers, and skirts.{{cite web|url=http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7441281.html|title=Multi reversible garment - Salem, Tamara|publisher=freepatentsonline.com|accessdate=2015-04-05}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/03/business/patents-mix-match-mix-match-keep-going.html|title=Patents - Mix, Match. Mix, Match. Keep Going. - NYTimes.com|work=The New York Times|date=3 August 1991 |accessdate=2015-04-05|last1=Andrews |first1=Edmund L. }}

Reversible garments have some features unlike other types of garments, such as thicker overall fabric (since two fabrics are often sewn together), buttons on both sides (in garments that have buttons), different types of stitching, and no tags.{{cite book|title=The Zapp Method of Couture Sewing: Tailor Garments Easily Using Any Pattern|author=Zapp, A.|date=2004|publisher=Krause Publications|isbn=9780873496810|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ATMc_oHvPfsC|pages=2–77|accessdate=2015-04-05}}{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191035/https://books.google.com/books?id%3D6gM9qmMOcW8C%26pg%3DPA44%26dq%3D%2522reversible%2Bgarment%2522%26lr%3D%26as_brr%3D3%26ie%3DISO-8859-1%26output%3Dhtml |date=4 Mar 2016}}

Some ancient shepherds had reversible garments, with a warm side that they would wear when the weather was cold, and a cool side when the weather was hot. {{cite book|title=Jeremiah: Volume 2: 26-52|author=McKane, W.|date=2000|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|isbn=9780567097323|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x--hxEWKUYgC|page=1059|accessdate=2015-04-05}}