According to the first, the blazer was born in 1837, when the Captain of the British ship HMS Blazer, on the occasion of the visit of Queen Victoria, decided to dress his crew with a new uniform: a blue navy outerwear of heavy fabric, double-breasted with gold buttons.
Since then, the blazer has been part of many fashion movements, styled in different ways and used for all sorts of things. But it's home is, and always will be found in British Rowing.