Those who have been subject to my posts before know the soft spot in my heart (as opposed to the soft spot on my head) reserved for tartan doublets and jackets. Can we talk about them some more? And yes, I know this thread mentions JACKETS, but I want advice and opinions about those jackets in the context of THCD, traditionally made kilts, and How to wear them. And I want pictures, lots of pictures. Recently, there has been a thread in one of the other forum sections- maybe historical?- about a historical tartan doublet. That garment, ancient and honorable though it certainly is, can't be called contemporary or traditional as we use those terms here.

So what jackets ARE contemporary and traditional, i.e., currently worn in a non-costume, non-iconoclastic, fashion? We have the MacGregor's wedding picture. We have JSFMacL's tartan doublet. We have Alan Cumming's tartan suit, (which is, ahem ...worn in a slightly iconoclastic way) What else? Please send yr photos.

I am working my way back to owning just two kilts- a Black Watch and a Royal Stewart. I also have an Ancient Hunting Stewart that was retrofitted from a woman's kilted skirt. I recently acquired a Stewart Hunting (not ancient or weathered) Saxon jacket that I have considered converting. I have several Black Watch jackets that I am also considering converting. If I go to the trouble of chopping the Stewart Hunting jacket, I will probably look for a matching SH Modern kilt.

But I am not one of those blessed with vision. I need to see these things, rather than imagining them.

Does anyone have a picture of a Black Watch or Stewart Hunting jacket worn with a kilt? What about a Royal Stewart doublet and kilt? Does it come with dark glasses, or is it just very very cool?

And what do we think about THIS jacket as a potential candidate for alteration? If it really is bespoke, one assumes it could be ordered in a very short body length...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CUSTOM-MADE-...item3a96b157e9

Oh, and finally, I am pretty sure the Royal Stewart would not work for daywear, but what say ye about Stewart Hunting or Black Watch jacket and kilt for non-formal occasions? If one were to bespeak a tartan jacket, would there be any point in making it daytime-friendly, or should we call it what it is and add black facings, etc suitable only for night-time?

Let the Wild Rumpus Begin.