The fashion editor called the jacket countrified. (countrified: rustic, rural, country) The apprentice thought it bohemian. (bohemian: unconventional, nonconformist, free-spirited) Its owner wanted a replacement with the same peculiarity: a deep pocket slanting toward the opposite hip. (peculiarity: idiosyncrasy, quirk, oddity) Her grandmother, an unconventional dresser, had worn it to work for thirty years. (unconventional: unorthodox, unusual, nontraditional)
The pattern house claimed the cut was proprietary and warned that a copy might infringe its rights. (proprietary: privately owned, exclusive, ownership-based; infringe: violate, breach, contravene) A charge of infringement would be onerous for a two-person shop. (infringement: violation, breach, contravention; onerous: burdensome, arduous, taxing) The tailors asked for particulars. Which seam, precisely? The representative sent a sheet describing a shallow pocket on the other side.
The answer lay in a ringlet of brass wire caught in the lining. (ringlet: curl, spiral lock, coiled strand) Grandmother had carried the key to a railway lantern across her body while climbing ladders. The new coat went home with the old key in its pocket. Neither tailor cared whether the style would ever be conventional. (conventional: traditional, customary, established)