Sir Chris Hoy - Odd Jacket?

[Good Egg]

I noticed Sir Chris Hoy (he rides bicycles for anyone not aware) wearing an unusual jacket at the BAFTA awards the other night. I've found a number of photos of him in the same jacket getting K'd and getting married and lastly at the BAFTAs.

As it is shorter that a lounge suit jacket I think it was made to go with a kilt but without cutaways it does look a bit odd although not necessarily 'wrong'- what do you think?

[BoldHighlander]

I rather like it

[Good Egg]

Fashion is a movable feast and what appeals to one may not appeal to another. Sir Chris does look OK but I can't help feeling the would jacket would have looked better if it had been cutaway. Why look OK when you could look good? Is it 'change for changes' sake?

The practical reason for having the front cutaway is the sporran and I think the pictures illustrate the 'problem'.

Has anyone else seen similar?

[BoldHighlander]

Is it 'change for changes' sake?

The practical reason for having the front cutaway is the sporran and I think the pictures illustrate the 'problem'.

Has anyone else seen similar?

I don't know the answer to your first question, but yes, I have seen this style before.

I've also seen something a little more "extreme" in cut/style, illustrated in these photos from last year's Gathering & found in the Prince Charles Duke of Rothesay in kilt photo thread:

(note the gentleman 2nd from right)


(& in these two photos)




it took me a wee bit to warm up to, because it was so very different than what I was used to seeing, but I actually like it now.

[Good Egg]

I would like it better if it were a wee bit cutaway - I'm interested to see what others think.

[Jock Scot]

The jacket is not too bad, but I think that some one has tried to "re-invent the wheel" and failed----no, failed is the wrong word ----- not succeeded.

[Downunder Kilt]

I think Sir Chris Hoy's jacket is what they call "the Wallace" but without the cutaway. As for the other jacket referenced, not my cup of tea at all. I think the Wallace with the cutaway is a style which could be a popular extension of the more traditional jackets we know. I like the style.

[Tobus]

The jacket is not too bad, but I think that some one has tried to "re-invent the wheel" and failed----no, failed is the wrong word ----- not succeeded.

Seconded.

It looks too much like a plain old suit coat to me. Boring. Not 'wrong', necessarily. Just not a great match for the style that accentuates a kilt.

[denmcdough]

Not bad.....acceptable!

[Whidbey78]

Not bad. Not great though. It looks like a hybrid of at least three vastly diffeing styles of kilt jacket and a contemporary sportcoat. I agree that a bit of cutout would improve the line. It's too much vertical line without enough horizontal to balance it out...it gives him the look of having either a very long torso or very short legs. Of course, he very well could be a man of unusual build.

I think the short and somewhat narrow lapel doesn't fit well with a waistcoat, but that's my opinion. It seems to have too many angled lines meeting (well, nearly meeting) in the middle of his torso.

I have a modified suit jacket with a lapel like. I shortened it about 3 inches, maybe even 4(can't recall now) and did a very minimal cutout for the sporran, removing just enough to clear it, and kept 2 of the 3 buttons. It looks good and has a nice line but works best with "darker" tartans and larger setts. My US Army kilt looks nice, but my Wallace, for example, looks off with it.

As jock said, not a sucsessful re-invention of the wheel, but I don't see it as a total failure. It just needs some refinement. Maybe it would look better with a solid kilt instead of tartan? It could be good with a more contemporary kilt, sans sporran. And no waistcoat. It's just too much in my mind for that jacket.

Just my $0.02 USD.