The word coatigan is yet another example of the fashion world’s penchant for coining blends in order to describe ‘hybrid’ items of clothing which incorporate a combination of features characteristic to particular garments. Other examples include: skort(s), a combination of skirt and shorts used to refer to a pair of women’s shorts with a flap of fabric in the front which gives the appearance of a skirt; shants, a combination of shorts and pants used in American English to describe short trousers ending at the knee, and the word jorts as a natty reference to jeans shorts. Continuing the denim theme, there are also junderpants, boxer style briefs made to look like jeans, and jeggings, closely fitting stretch-fabric trousers (leggings) that look similar to jeans. And even footwear has had the blend treatment with for example flatforms, a combination of flat and platform (shoes) coined to describe shoes with thick soles which add height but keep feet flat.