formal jackets and the cookie cutter aversion

[Jock Scot]

Thanks for the warning about the velvet, Bugbear, I try not to be alone in a room with it and I keep a whip and a chair handy at all times.

OK, Here is what I (believe) I know about doublets:

1) Montrose= Double breasted, worn with a jabot and maybe belt, but no flaps ( Military collar )
2) Sherrifmuir= Buttons only at the top, flares out towards waist, worn with a waistcoat
3) Kenmore= Single breasted, worn with a jabot, has flaps ( and military collar )
4) Mystery doublet, probably BALMORAL , has flaps and lapels
http://www.highlandclans.co.uk/Balmo...t_Doublet.html

The trick about the Balmoral is that it seems to be wearable either with lapels or quite possibly with the collar turned up. Similarly, it can take a belt or can be worn open, in which case it greatly resembles the regulation doublet. Smarter men than I can probably post a handy doublet recognition chart.

(In which case, we would have to include #5, the Regulation and possibly ( hisssss) #6, the much rented PC[ )

Who will provide us with said chart? And who can offer illustrated suggestions on other velvet confections?

As much as I hate throwing a spanner into the works of your well oiled machine, be warned! Not all tailors in Scotland and perhaps the world for all I know, call their jackets by the same name and some call their jackets by a name that might say to you in your minds eye one thing and they will mean a completely different style that you also think you have in your minds eye. I dare not give you an example in case I confuse you even more!MAKE SURE YOU SEE A PICTURE.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

As much as I hate throwing a spanner into the works of your well oiled machine, be warned! Not all tailors in Scotland and perhaps the world for all I know, call their jackets by the same name and some call their jackets by a name that might say to you in your minds eye one thing and they will mean a completely different style that you also think you have in your minds eye. I dare not give you an example in case I confuse you even more!MAKE SURE YOU SEE A PICTURE.

At one time Mr. Geoffrey the Tailor called his double breasted Montrose a doublet, and the single breasted Kenmore, a singlet.

Imagine that, going to the ball in your kilt and singlet...