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[Jock Scot]

What period?

For sure in the 18th century waistcoats were long, though once again the Highland ones were rather shorter than their English counterparts.

I was talking about the period after modern-style jackets and waistcoats appeared, roughly the 1840s.

I looked though a pile of old photos and paintings and I did find one with a waistcoat longer than the jacket, a child's outfit from the mid-18th century.



The adult's outfits were showing this

I think we do need to remember that hand-me-downs were and still are, to an extent, an issue of note for much of Scotland's attire, so we do need to be careful when making attire judgements from pictures and paintings. Yes of course, the tailored look for an individual, with their new super dooper outfit that fits to a T, but, care needs to be taken when observing these wonderful outfits.