Scotweb - Tweed Jacket

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Greetings,

Due to my tallness I find it quite difficult to obtain any clothes, jackets for sure, off the rack. Even Extra Long fails to meet the grade without alterations. I am looking for a Tweed Jacket & Vest and, having done some digging on the web, find that Scotweb is the most reasonable price for made to measure goods. Has anyone had a Tweed Jacket & Vest made by them and how did you find the final product. Living in Canada I try to reduce the exchange rate as much as possible, U.S to Cdn, and avoid costly import duties based on price. Any suggestions would be welcome. Thanks in advance.

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[Steve Ashton]

May I suggest that you contact Burnett's and Struth located in Barrie, ON. (one of our supporters) See if you can visit and try on jackets.

There are only a handful of jacket makers that put different labels inside. So a jacket in your size would probably be made by the same guys even though it may be sold by a variety of different shops.

[KnittedReenactor]

I wish I had a Highland Shop that wasn't an 9 hour drive and a customs checkpoint away

(Seriously, my nearest Highland Shop is McLeods in Statford, ON, 500 miles away and would require a passport.)

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Thanks for the suggestion Steve. I have bought quite a bit from B & S, as they are only a little under two hours away. I called them earlier and they do not carry their tweed jackets in extra large, which is what I would require. Made to measure is pretty much what I need. A couple of stores in Toronto have tailored goods but the price is just short of a thousand for a Tweed & Vest, and that without tax. Made to measure tweeds from Scotweb, including custom duties and taxes would run me just shy of $700.00. That why I was interested to see if anyone had obtained a made to measure Tweed and Vest from them and what the quality was like. To shell out that kind of money I would like to do it with some confidence.

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[TAB]

Knitted Reenactor,

You should give the "Celtic Corner Store", one of the partners on this site, a try. They are in Cincinnati, which is probably the same distance from you as McLeod's, and "No Passport". I corresponded with them re: a Tweed Jacket & Vest, as they do carry extra long jackets, but when I factored in the US/Cdn exchange rate and customs the cost would still be more the Scotweb.

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[Steve Ashton]

Too bad that they do not have anything in stock.

The next best thing is to find a shop with a commercial account with Gaelic Themes.

You can order a made to measure jacket if you send them sizes.

The chest size is measured over a shirt, loosely, at the height of the nipples.



The length for an Argyle style jacket is taken in the back. Measure from the bottom of the collar down to the crest of the hips.
This is the same place the bottom of the Fell Area of your kilt should be.



The waist is measured just under the ribs. Very loose.



And the sleeve length is called Crown to Cuff or CC.

This is from 1 inch above the shoulder (to account for the shoulder pads) down to where you like the cuff of your sleeves to be.
If you do not want any shirt cuff showing with your arms at your side measure down to the first knuckle of the thumb. 25.5 in this photo.
If you want some shirt cuff showing measure to the wrist. 24.5 in this photo.






Perhaps the hardest measurement for most people to understand is the "Half-Back". this is taken from between the shoulder blades out to where the arm seam of the sleeve will be.
9.5 in this photo.




If they ask for a vest length measure like for the length of the jacket but end at the anatomical waist.

[KnittedReenactor]

Knitted Reenactor,

You should give the "Celtic Corner Store", one of the partners on this site, a try. They are in Cincinnati, which is probably the same distance from you as McLeod's, and "No Passport".
TAB

They didn't come up on a Google maps search. A little closer, but still 6 hours each way. And not quite as exciting as international travel (to the exotic land of Canada)! Thanks for pointing it out.

I'll still bemoan the fact there is no Highland shop in an area flush with towns named Elgin, Dundee, Bannockburn, Inverness and such.