Ideas For A Doublet for Myself????

[Chas]

If you are going to do this for yourself , Harold, can I please make a plea?

Whichever cuffs you choose - have them working. As man puts his hand forward to shake yours, you can see immediately the quality of his jacket - or not.

My original Argyle jacket came from eBay and was a handmade joy with working cuffs. I'm a 44 and unfortunately it is a 42 and as nice as it was it looked too small when I was wearing it. My wife (bless her) gave it to my brother-in-law who is a 42. He looks fantastic. When I was up in Edinburgh last year I bought an Argyle for a fantastic price. It fits far better and is so comfortable. It is everything I would want...

But

It does not have working cuffs.

So one day, I am going to buy another Argyle

Regards

Chas

[Santa Kona]

What Chas said

[Harold Cannon]

I would like to have one of each. I have found a jacket that I can modify to make the one on the right. all I would have to do is ad the velvet cuffs and collar.



I am hoping that a local seamstress can make the one on the left for me. I'm ok at making clothes but that is a little far out of my league.

[HeathBar]

I have found a jacket that I can modify...

I'll warn you that the material of the jacket in your picture is too light a material to make a formal doublet. I tried this several years ago with less than stellar results.

[Tim Little]

I don't know whether it would be at all cost-effective, but you might contact the Quartermaster Shop (or similar "sutler"); most -- if not all -- of their jackets are custom order, so you might be able to get them to make a one-off doublet at not much greater cost.

Here are some Civil War US officers' shelljackets, for example:





They already make a version of the NY 79th jacket, so adding "Braemar" style cuffs shouldn't be a big deal:

[Sheep In Wolf's Clothing]

I would like to have one of each. I have found a jacket that I can modify to make the one on the right. all I would have to do is ad the velvet cuffs and collar.



I am hoping that a local seamstress can make the one on the left for me. I'm ok at making clothes but that is a little far out of my league.

I just bought a ladies Eaton jacket and am in the process of adding cuffs. I thought that velvet would be hard to work with but it's not bad.
Good luck with your Doublet quest,
Sara

[MacMillans son]

Harold, I too would go with the double breasted style. You are a big man, and I think the double breasted jacket would be more visually proportionate to your stature.

If you have a hand in making it, I'm sure which ever one you go with will be top notch! Keep us posted.

[Cygnus]

I like both of them, but I think I would prefer them both with tashes as seen on regulation doublets.

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[Ancienne Alliance]

Here are mine …







Best,

Robert