In the fourteenth century it is a long surcoat with wide, short sleeves worn by doctors, merchants, and clergymen. In the sixteenth century it becomes an elegant short jacket open at the front; at the end of the century it becomes a shoulder-covering cloak for citizens and travelers. In the seventeenth century it rises for nobles and officials in place of the patrician robe. In the twentieth century it is a symbol of nobility even as humbler variants arise, such as the “tabarrino” for peasants or troops at the front. The tabard is also often linked to the Italian who leaves for the New World: photos can be found of Italians wearing it in Buenos Aires or at the landing in America on Staten Island. After World War II, there is a disregard for the tabard, sometimes it is even banned because it is associated with anarchists and replaced by the overcoat.