Selecting a Day Kilt Jacket, advice.

[OC Richard]

What a great thread, what lovely outfits.

Shaun that is beautiful, the tweed, the sporran, the hose, everything.

And McMurdo's amazing outfits... one could publish a complete guide to modern traditional Highland Dress with his outfits providing the illustrations.

I will say that the jacket shown in the OP doesn't strike me as being a "day kilt jacket" at all, but a modern portmanteau creation.

I just now looked over around 100 vintage photos and I don't see any doublets in tweed. The doublets are of finer, dressier cloth, the tweed jackets are the cutaway style, and ne'er the twain shall meet.

Here's tweed, an elaborate jacket with gauntlet cuffs and a fancy breast pocket



So often the old tweed jackets are quite plain, but with plenty of pockets



The doublets are of finer stuff



Even velvet