William [Bill] Gray Oct 6, 2006:

Here are a couple of references to the askers spellling:¨
http://stores.ebay.ie/BRANDED-FASHION
http://petite-fort.tripod.com/Dress.htm
Sometimes it is spelled (wrongly?) this way, it seems.

Jonathan MacKerron Oct 6, 2006:

unless they are indeed talking about some product of the Gillette Razor Company??

CMJ_Trans (X) Oct 6, 2006:

well the only spelling I know for this is indeed GILET - Gillette is a brand name for something quite different - I think it's a typo

Bjørnar Magnussen (asker) Oct 6, 2006:

I just got a note back from the client: It's a sort of waistcoat, sleeveless, well-fitting and with buttons on the front side. Men wear it under a suit jacket.

CMJ_Trans (X) Oct 6, 2006:

is this not GILET, French word meaning a (usually) sleeveless jacket?