My wife hates my new jacket

**craigclan** · 29th March 14, 02:19 PM

What do you think

**California Highlander** · 29th March 14, 02:26 PM

A tad long as a kilt jacket, but other than that, what is her objection? Color? Fabric? Fit?

**David Thorpe** · 29th March 14, 02:32 PM

It isn't a kilt jacket. It could possibly be made into one.

**craigclan** · 29th March 14, 02:43 PM

It's the colour she doesn't like . She says that you don't mix brown and purple . The one image is of my first coat and the solid colour Is my second that she likes . I am going up get one cut into a kilt jacket

**California Highlander** · 29th March 14, 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by craigclan

It's the colour she doesn't like . She says that you don't mix brown and purple . The one image is of my first coat and the solid colour Is my second that she likes . I am going up get one cut into a kilt jacket

I see. I think brown looks great with purple. I have that same kilt and it is perfectly fine with brown, especially a tweedy brown such as your jacket. But, that houndstooth jacket would be a fantastic kilt jacket, IMHO.

**Barb T** · 29th March 14, 02:58 PM

I like the color, actually, but it's definitely on the long side - needs to show more kilt! If you re-make the jacket, put the main button at the level of your kilt belt - that will help. Also, consider brownish kilt hose!

**craigclan** · 29th March 14, 02:59 PM

Its the houndstooth one she hates and I love that one also I think it looks great

**Father Bill** · 29th March 14, 03:06 PM

You know, what we like or don't like is simply a matter of personal perception and preference. If she doesn't like the colour combination, she never likely will - at least not in the near future.

A portion of what we do should always consider the wishes of those who are precious to us. Life's better that way.

**MacLowlife** · 29th March 14, 03:11 PM

You can probably turn any sport coat into a kilt jacket, but my advice is to get one that buttons as high as possible- also get one that fits best in the upper chest. Like many of us, you seem to be developing more girth below the bottom of your ribcage than above. Unfortunately, most jackets are cut based on the assumption that your waist ( any waist, natural, jeans, whatever) is going to be smaller than your chest- most suits and suit coats are based on a "six inch drop" i.e., the waist of your trousers and the waist of your jacket are six inches smaller than the chest of your jacket. While that is not always strictly true, it is a handy thing to bear in mind when you are looking at jackets. Also, do bear in mind that your converted jacket will cut away mostly the bottom skirts of the jacket, but also a little bit ( the sporran cutaway) of the "body" of the coat. So, having a jacket that fits around the waist but not in the chest may not be what you need.

Currently popular lapel proportions dictate that the buttoning button ( top in a 2 button jacket, or middle in a 3 button one) should fall somewhere around the midpoint between the collar and the hem of the jacket. A few years ago, many coats were made with a different proportion- a long lapel formed by having that top button hit almost two-thirds of the way down from the collar to the hem. And here is why you need a high buttoning jacket: when you raise the hem, you move that midpoint and you risk ending up with long lapels on a short jacket.

It may well be that lapel proportions will change again- the top button (or the one that gets buttoned, sometimes it's the middle one) has wandered up and down for at least a hundred years. But I think you can count on a good ten or more years of high buttoning jackets being in style, which means you probably want your kilt jacket to at least nod in the direction of that trend.

**MacLowlife** · 29th March 14, 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by Father Bill

You know, what we like or don't like is simply a matter of personal perception and preference. If she doesn't like the colour combination, she never likely will - at least not in the near future.

A portion of what we do should always consider the wishes of those who are precious to us. Life's better that way.

If you are dead set to wear brown and purple together, why not try to find her something she can wear- a scarf or a sweater- that shows the color combination to good effect? If she sees them together in a beautiful paisley or a nice fair isle knit, she may admit that they work together. Or she may simply dislike the scarf.

As we say here on the wrong side of the tracks, "If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy."