Traditional Kilt Jacket Backs?

[Bugbear]

KFCarter, I might start a fresh thread with the question about the belted jackets in Highland attire.


For what it's worth, this evening, I pressed the jacket I have been working on. There's some things that could have come out a little better on it, but it was just an experiment. At some point I might work on the cutaway curves a little more. I'll start working on the hem of the waistcoat; had to press that in.

The jacket is dark, dark coffee brown, almost a black color, and has a matching waistcoat. Perhaps before too long I will be able to get some pictures.

[KFCarter]

KFCarter, I might start a fresh thread with the question about the belted jackets in Highland attire.


For what it's worth, this evening, I pressed the jacket I have been working on. There's some things that could have come out a little better on it, but it was just an experiment. At some point I might work on the cutaway curves a little more. I'll start working on the hem of the waistcoat; had to press that in.

The jacket is dark, dark coffee brown, almost a black color, and has a matching waistcoat. Perhaps before too long I will be able to get some pictures.

I'll definitely look forward to the pictures. It would be great to document the process as you go, if that's possible.

I've done some digging, unsuccessful so far, for pictures of a kilt jacket with a belted back. The idea of it has really got me thinking. Living in Savannah, one has to deal every year with a long stretch of hot, humid subtropical weather which roughly coincides with our Hurricane season, June through September or so. Over the years there have been many of the typical adaptations of men's business wear... linen, seersucker and khaki cotton poplin jackets and suits are the norm.

The kilt itself is a great adaption to my mind. I've worn my 16 oz. 8 yd. kilt on some of our early, steamy days already and it's been quite comfortable, even with the heavy wool. The "breeze" factor makes it a great choice. But traditional kilt jackets are going to be a problem for that time of year, and not just because of their material. Their closer, form fitting cut keeps you in "contact" with the material much more than the typical men's jackets. It's something I actually like about them. But for summer, achieving a tailored look while leaving the jacket more leeway to move and air to flow will be important. It's what I thought of when I saw that trachten jacket and why I think something with a back like that might be the way to go when I try to build a summer business wardrobe based on the kilt. But I do want to keep my kilt attire at least in "shouting distance" from the traditions of Highland Attire. For me, that has nothing to do with "kilt police" (whoever they are) but rather my own desire to connect with those traditions, and my ancestral connection to them, via the kilt.

Don't know if we need a separate "belted-back" thread, but I do think the back of these jackets is where the action is, so to speak, when determining how they function.

Keep up the work on that jacket; can't wait to see it.