Democracy and patternmaking- the Inverness Cape

[Panache]

Kevin,

Welcome to the forum.

The purpose of such a cape is to protect your fine kilted outfit from the elements. Therefore it would make sense that the cape be longer than your kilt.

Cheers

Jamie

[cavscout]

I said reach the calve as I believe you would also want some protection between the kilt selvedge and the hose top. But not so long as to reach the flashes on the leg. So in my case, if the kilt stops at the top of the knee, the knee cap is about 3.5 - 4" , the hose cuff starts about 3" below the knee cap and is about 3" down to the bottom where the flashes are now visible...I'd say the bottom of the cape should fall about 6" below the top of the knee.

$.02

[GMan]

As far as length, what everyone else said.

Yet I want to say WELCOME

[LK-13]

of course,
just brushing the ground is always cool......

[Nick]

Welcome to the forum!

In my opinion, the cape should be just longer than your kilt. There's nothing wrong with longer, but I like the shorter looks.

Of course, with a greatcoat, the longer the better, but that's a whole 'nother animal.