Prince Charlie Coatee

[Panache]

Sandford,

The Prince Charlie is certainly a more modern look than say the regimental doublet or montrose doublet. It is sleeker and simpler than all the other styles of formal jacket / doublet.

To me it is a bridge between the traditional highland formal look and a standard dinner jacket / tuxedo.

I think that they are quite handsome and have a worthy place in the wardrobe of a well dressed kilted gentleman.

The only thing I don't like about them is the way that they are often worn with a waist coat that is either too small or worn too high. There should never-EVER be seen a white expanse of one's dress shirt between the bottom of the waist coat and the top of one's kilt. It just looks terrible, as if the outfit wasn't fitted properly at all.

I am intrigued by the idea of Prince Charlie Coatees in some other color than black. At a recent SCD formal ball a friend of mine wore a green one with his Lindsey tartan kilt and he looked absolutely smashing. He really stood out in the sea of black jackets.

I will in the fairly near future need to replace my Prince Charlie style coatee and have been considering a navy blue one as an option (which I think would look superb with the XMTS tartan).

My only fear is that this would somehow be considered less formal than a black one.

Cheers

Jamie