Quote Originally Posted by beloitpiper View Post
McMurdo's and Phil's jabots reach to the top of the stomach. Mine, which I requested to be made shorter, only reaches halfway down my chest. Theirs may be more traditional, but I personally wanted a shorter one.
I find that the length is dictated by the jacket style. Here is the same jabot worn with a Montrose/Kenmore style doublet and you can see the raised collar makes it look shorter than the earlier Military/Montrose doublet (sorry about the names but everybody has different ones for the same jackets) -