Jabot and Cuffs

**Buckybronco** · 29th March 16, 04:09 AM

Hello all,

Can anyone direct me to a suitable vendor where I can purchase a jabot and cuffs to go with a Montrose Doublet? I am based in the UK (Scotland) and would like to acquire these at a relatively reasonable price.

Many thanks!

**Jock Scot** · 30th March 16, 03:27 AM

Try, Kinloch Anderson, 4 Dock St., Leith, Edinburgh, EH6 6EY. Phone No: 01315551390.

**Buckybronco** · 30th March 16, 04:10 AM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

Try, Kinloch Anderson, 4 Dock St., Leith, Edinburgh, EH6 6EY. Phone No: 01315551390.

Thanks Jock. I had already had a look on their page and was surprised to see that although they will provide a jabot and cuffs they expect an arm and a leg in return! "From £80".

**OC Richard** · 30th March 16, 04:55 AM

These are extremely easy to make, for very little cost, probably less than 10 pounds.

You probably need only a yard of trim for jabot and cuffs both.

I made a set many years ago (around 1982) for the brief time I owned a Montrose.

There's the three-tier style, three short lengths of trim sewn onto a small piece of backing fabric

Then there's the style where you use one long length of trim and sew it onto the backing fabric in a zigzag pattern, like the letter S more or less. This requires you to hem only two ends rather than six.

Here's one of those

**McMurdo** · 30th March 16, 05:00 PM

I went to Lady Christel for mine

http://www.lady-chrystel-kilts.com/s...jabot-ang.html

**MacLowlife** · 30th March 16, 07:09 PM

But it bears repeating. One gent decided to wear the jabot in order to avoid a major marital conflict. It seems his wife discovered a certain frilly garment in his car. She asked rhetorically if he had an explanation, but didn't seem interested in anything he could say. Just as she was aboot to apply a frying pan to his head he told her that this was his new jabot, whereupon he twisted the lace and more or less knotted it at his throat.