X-Markers:
Enquireing minds ask: why is the over-coat for the Kilt called a "Inverness Cape" & not "Coat"? ; should it not be ab Inverness Caped Coat? A Cape is a collar; Dracular wears a cloak. The Inverness has two collars, one short, one to the wrist.{the 2nd collar is sometimes called a caplete}
Next, how did we come by its use in circa 2011? It was 'standard issue' for most of the 19th Century in men's wear. breeks, trowsers, or kilt. Is its use a continuation of that fashion, or did its use fall off and then come back again? And what is this insistance on 'no sleeves'? historically, the coat could/did/or not/ use sleeves.
And is the name of 'Inverness' also the town of origin, or the name of the man who could not sew a sleeve into a coat, and thus sold a 'new fashion trend'?
Lastly, I use my Repro Civil War GreatCoat, or my Repro 1770 GreatCoat:both with sleeves & both with the elbow lenght capes, for kilt use. Is this a Major Social Infraction of Kilt Fashion, to wear a neo Inverness coat with its sleeves?? I do know it is a deal warmer.
I heard some malarky about the sleevless overcoat being easier to find your sporran. A man in a long, funny looking coat fumbling near his 'courting-tackle' in public does not seem like a good idea! LOL!
Ergo! Can any one weigh in on the Origins & Use of the Inverness Caped Coat in Scots useage??