Should have been a kilt jacket...

[CMcG]

While generally a member of the more traditional crowd, I have found a number of the jackets posted in this thread to be both attractive and tempting. Thank you, CMcG for posting.

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You're welcome and thanks for taking the time to look through the whole thread!

Are you baiting me, young sir?

Long ago, already, one of my students complained in a course evaluation regarding my "tendency to wear provocative t-shirts" ... but only ever that one. And thus far no one to my knowledge has complained about my kilts (even the leather one). "Respectable looking" does not really count for much in academia.

Just get the jacket already.

I would never bait you! Unless it was going to lead to a good discussion

What I meant was that the un-respectable side of my wardrobe is well stocked and I'm working on having more clothes to look proper in. My budget is limited so I need to be strategic with my purchases. While there might be a relaxed dress code in academia, there are still situations where it doesn't hurt to dress up a bit. I think this is especially true as a grad student or young scholar. Judging by what some of my profs wear, this becomes less important once one has tenure

Regardless, I don't normally wear kilts to school. Although if you can convince me that wearing a black parade jacket and kilt will help me defend my dissertation, I'll buy one right now!

In all seriousness, I would buy one of these jacket if I found it for the right price. I've been keeping my eye out for a used one...