Eisenhower & George VI

[McMurdo]

Thanks for the photos Sandy, I suppose this cut of waistcoat is perhaps one that we are not used to seeing anymore as many shops do not carry it as off the peg. Having said that if I were having a jacket and waistcoat made for me this is one look I`d at least entertain.

Dixiecat yes that does look like the same jacket and waistcoat, as well it looks like the same sporran.

[FatherWilliam57]

I, too, had never noticed this type of waistcoat before. (Gives me some new ideas about that clergy vest I need to have made...!)

Question: Does the waistcoat follow the line of the lower cut around the sides and back, or are these truly "flaps" in the front that frame the sporran? Since jackets are being worn in the pictures, I cannot tell.

[Tobus]

I, too, had never noticed this type of waistcoat before. (Gives me some new ideas about that clergy vest I need to have made...!)

Question: Does the waistcoat follow the line of the lower cut around the sides and back, or are these truly "flaps" in the front that frame the sporran? Since jackets are being worn in the pictures, I cannot tell.

I'm very curious about this too. I wish there were some pictures of the waistcoat sans jacket so we could see the sides and back! Surely, though, the waistcoat tapers back up on the sides so that it's at normal length in the back. I couldn't imagine it maintaining that lower profile around the back.

This is a style I think we need to bring back! I'm betting any standard waistcoat could be modified to that profile.

[JSFMACLJR]

I'm very curious about this too. I wish there were some pictures of the waistcoat sans jacket so we could see the sides and back! Surely, though, the waistcoat tapers back up on the sides so that it's at normal length in the back. I couldn't imagine it maintaining that lower profile around the back.

This is a style I think we need to bring back! I'm betting any standard waistcoat could be modified to that profile.

I certainly can "imagine it maintaining that lower profile around the back", Tobus. Remember that waistcoats worn with the kilt are shorter. Adding perhaps an inch to the length in the rear wouldn't really matter.