Who Was Prince Charlie Anyway?

[ccga3359]

Jake, if permitted the addition of one word, I would tend to agree with about 99.5% of your post.

To be in accord with your comments I'd add the word willing. As in "I doubt most people would be willing to justify the cost of owning an umbrella made by a British craftsperson, let alone bespoke clothing."

I chose the word "willing" because it implies that someone might have to be willing to give up something to have something nice. Now I don't know what someone would have to be willing to sacrifice to own a top quality day wear kilt jacket with matching waistcoat-- certainly not their 60-inch TV, but maybe a couple of bottles of $60 scotch.

At this point I was going to make some comment about removing the phrase "economic elite", but on reflection I think you are right. Oscar Wilde hit it right on the nose when he said "Some people know the cost of everything and the value of nothing". I think recognizing value defines the economic elite down to a tee. You don't have to be rich, but you have to be discerning and, sometimes, willing sacrifice is the price you pay for your discernment.

So it looks as if we are in complete agreement, except for the other part of that 0.5% I mentioned earlier.

You said, "Men's fashions change, both in matters kilted and nonkilted." To which I could only reply that quality never goes out of fashion.

With 100% of my best regards,
Scott

I agree whole heartedly! Now where can I get a quality rubber chicken?

[Zardoz]

Those are some great paintings, but you'll notice none of the subjects are wearing anything like a Prince Charlie coatee....
Like the original poster, I'm really interested in when that style of jacket became popular as formal highland dress, I've been digging around on the 'net since this thread started, and have not found any useful info.