Among its attractions are its '50s-inspired three-quarter raglan sleeves.

The long coat has pocket flaps to keep water out, raglan sleeves, a cape front and back and no belt.

The Crimean War gave us two design staples, the cardigan and the raglan sleeve.

Norma Kamali has designed one of the best in thin cotton with raglan sleeves and a midcalf-length skirt.

What makes it particularly comfortable is its raglan sleeve, with a slanting seam from underarm to neck, allowing greater freedom of movement.

But then her inability to knit doesn't prevent her from plugging away tirelessly at a raglan sleeve.

Raglan sleeves.

Trench coats often have cuff straps on the raglan sleeves, shoulder straps and a belt.

She was wearing a light blue coat with raglan sleeves, and she had a pastel-blue scarf over her blonde hair, tied beneath her chin.

It generally has a removable insulated lining, raglan sleeves, and the classic versions come in various lengths ranging from mid-calf to above the knee.

This "generously oversized" coat looks odd when worn: the raglan sleeves drop almost to the waist, which tended to make our tester look swamped.

The four-sleeved design, by the house of Martin Margiela, was deconstructed from two classic beige balmacaan coats, one with set-in sleeves, one with raglan sleeves.

Balloon sleeves, Raglan sleeves are also popular with Indian Women who shop for such styles with MADAME.

Even in his later years, as coach of the Bengals, he walked the sideline in a loden jacket or overcoat with raglan sleeves, the knot in his tie exposed.

A raglan sleeve is a type of sleeve whose distinguishing characteristic is to extend in one piece fully to the collar, leaving a diagonal seam from underarm to collarbone.

One of her most striking garments, a short orange coat cut wide and with big raglan sleeves, appears in the cloth, so to speak, a stunner that looks fresh today, 22 years after its creation.

It had raglan sleeves gathered to the cuffs, a white Peter Pan collar and six small pearl buttons down the front - the third one down had a small thread hanging off it.

The oversize proportions of coats and hooded jackets (with raglan sleeves) looked right, though Mr. Costa occasionally complicated the shape with extra-wide lapels or grainy fabric blends that looked less friendly than plain old wool.

History may record that Lord Cardigan and Lord Raglan helped send Britain's Light Brigade to its destruction in the Crimean War, but men today still wear sweaters called cardigans and garments with raglan sleeves.

This isn't exactly unique to his countrymen; think of the eating scenes in Tony Richardson's "Tom Jones," which is as English as the raglan sleeve, and in Juzo Itami's "Tampopo," which is quintessentially Japanese.

From Wag Wear a merino dog sweater ($110), in heather gray with red color block or pink with green color block, has a biped-cut counterpart: a unisex zip-front cardigan with raglan sleeves in the contrasting color ($275, both at www.wagwear.com).

They have a removable cape with underarm straps to keep the cape from flying into the face, a cotton-lined collar, storm straps and double storm flaps, sturdy snap closures, deep raglan sleeves, reinforced elbows, adjustable cuff straps, inside pockets and saddlebag-size outer pockets with snap closures.

In bright, novel colors like safety orange or moss green, or with athletic details like a raglan sleeve or a high V-neck, these sweaters offer the ease and comfort of cashmere (and even lower-grade cashmere is more comfortable than other wools) at a price that puts them within the reach of Everyman.

Britain's high street shops sold designs adapted from the practical horse-riding style of wide skirt, leg straps, high belted waist, roomy patch pockets with flap, raglan sleeves with tab and wind cuff, fly front, throat tab and a broad collar for turning up against driving rain, wind and sleet.