It is a false friend deriving from the Victorian fashion of the smoking jacket. The smoking jacket then evolved into the dinner jacket. The short smoking jacket soon evolved from these silk garments. April was interviewed by "Playboy" in October 2010 for their website "The Smoking Jacket". The smoking jacket remained a popular accessory into the 20th century. The smoking jacket had its name after its associated tobacco activity. He wears a smoking jacket and holds a pipe which he usually ends up eating. Richie puts on a smoking jacket, which is actually his Mac, turned inside out.