Traditional Kilt Jacket Backs?

[KFCarter]

That would be great. I have a feeling that there are many different styles of kilt jacket, backs and vent treatments.

I'm sure some of the styles we're familiar with now bear "echoes" of things that were originally functional and it would be great to discover what those functions were and why they were designed they way they were, how they were originally constructed etc. It could be that it would be nice to bring back some of that functionality, or re-adapt it for contemporary uses.

[Bugbear]

I'm sure some of the styles we're familiar with now bear "echoes" of things that were originally functional and it would be great to discover what those functions were and why they were designed they way they were, how they were originally constructed etc. It could be that it would be nice to bring back some of that functionality, or re-adapt it for contemporary uses.

That would be interesting. I very often see discussions of accessories where someone pops up with a picture of a historical style that has been used, or even a picture of a chief, for inspiration in their own ensemble.

[JSFMACLJR]

Ted,
Not all Highland jackets have vents:




This jacket, I think, does not have vents, although I might be wrong:




The pleat in the back of the collarless jacket of which Redshanks spoke, I believe is similar to those found on Austrian and German trachten: