Montrose/Sherrifmuir Doublets-Jabot Needed?
I should like to get the opinion of the assembled throng, and especially of our most knowledgeable and experienced traditionalists, [Sandy, Jock Scott, Scott [MOR], et. al., as to whether a Montrose or Sherrifmuir REQUIRE a lace jabot? OR, is it equally acceptable to wear either of these doublets with a neck stock or cravat, as in the illustrations below:
Stock and bow:
In silk:
In use, albeit with a different type of coat:
In the ubiquitous images available online, and in Thompson's "So You're Going to Wear the Kilt", I only ever seen a lace jabot worn with either the Montrose or Sherrifmuir doublets. Is that the only acceptable neckwear?
What say you traditionalists--if I attended a formal gathering in Scotland, wore a Montrose or Sherrifmuir, and wore a neck stock or cravat similar to those pictured above, would you conclude that I was improperly attired, or would I be within acceptable, traditional bounds?
"Before two notes of the theme were played, Colin knew it was Patrick Mor MacCrimmon's 'Lament for the Children'...Sad seven times--ah, Patrick MacCrimmon of the seven dead sons....'It's a hard tune, that', said old Angus. Hard on the piper; hard on them all; hard on the world." Butcher's Broom, by Neil Gunn, 1994 Walker & Co, NY, p. 397-8.
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