Jacket to wear with Navy tartan

[billmcc]

...I'd suggest the Navy's mess dress jacket. It is cut with a high waist and looks a bit like a Prince Charlie from the front.

I agree.

I don't think that wear with civilian clothes is authorized under the uniform regs, but that doesn't seem to phase most people.

I have been out of the military for 15 years, but my understanding is the jacket is no longer a uniform item if you change the buttons and remove all insignia.

[macwilkin]

The second jacket is not an officers jacket, it is an "other ranks" (enlisted) pattern shell-jacket with US Cavalry piping from the Civil War period.

As a former reenactor, I agree with David. It's best not mix reproduction kit with a kilt for a "modern" civilian formal function.

Regards,

Todd