Does anyone make this style coatee?

**Tobus** · 7th November 11, 11:37 AM

I would say this is not a style that did not catch on but rather simply an older style of coatee that has like all fashion gone out of vogue.

Are there other images from that era that show further examples of this style? If so, I either haven't seen them or I wasn't paying attention. It may very well be that a lot of Highlanders wore similar jackets in that era, and if so, I'd love to see any images of them!

Yes, Lady Chrystel was my first thought on reproducing this. I should start saving now...

**Chas** · 7th November 11, 11:51 AM

I think that there are two things that should be said -

Firstly, she would produce a totally bespoke garment. Gauntlet cuffs - working or non-working. Look at the OP picture and then at a modern cuff. The modern ones are far tighter to the sleeve. Which do you prefer? Tashes - straight or slanting, straight bottomed, or round, or arched, or double arched, or Moorish arched?
That is the beauty of a bespoke garment - it is made how you want it.

Secondly, her costs are no more than a really good coatee. I think her work represents value for money.

Regards

Chas

**creagdhubh** · 7th November 11, 12:08 PM

Both Lady Chrystel or highlandclans would be my top choices for such a garment. There are also other prominent bespoke tailors out there, in Scotland and England, that may take such a garment on. I absolutely love MacLeay's portraits, as well as the era in which you mentioned.

Good luck!

**MacLowlife** · 7th November 11, 12:55 PM

I can't see the picture, but I looked through the MacLeay portraits elsewhere. Unless I miss my guess, your man is the one leaning against a boulder, with a Glengarry in his hand and more hair below his eyebrows than above.

Might we consider this jacket a modification of the Sheriffmuir? The buttons on the wearer's right resemble the buttons on a Sheriffmuir, but instead of buttons on the left ( as we usually see,) there are vestigial buttonholes. I think it does look a little like a Kenmore and a little like Highland Clans' ACHARA doublet:
http://www.highlandclans.com/Kilt_Doublets.html only without the gilt braid.

Hothir Ethelnor's Gordon Tartan doublet is similar, as I remember. He had a thread on it last August...

**creagdhubh** · 7th November 11, 01:58 PM

Wonderful photo! If you take a closer look, the man second from the right, wearing the kilt and diced hose, is Willie Duff, who is one of MacLeay's sitters in The Highlanders of Scotland. There is another photo of him in Delia Miller's, Haggerston Press edition of MacLeay's folio.

Cheers!

**JSFMACLJR** · 7th November 11, 02:39 PM

The doublet in the painting is very similar to one belonging to a good friend--one I have shown here before and of which many expressed dislike. I have seen several doublets like it.

This one was made by my tailor Meyer & Mortimer.

**creagdhubh** · 7th November 11, 02:43 PM

Very nice, Sandy!

**Harold Cannon** · 8th November 11, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by JSFMACLJR

The doublet in the painting is very similar to one belonging to a good friend--one I have shown here before and of which many expressed dislike. I have seen several doublets like it.

This one was made by my tailor Meyer & Mortimer.

You wouldn't happen to have a picture of this doublet being worn would you. I would like to be able to see how it would look overall with the whole kit.

**JSFMACLJR** · 8th November 11, 12:42 PM

Originally Posted by Harold Cannon

You wouldn't happen to have a picture of this doublet being worn would you. I would like to be able to see how it would look overall with the whole kit.

Alas, no!