formal jackets and the cookie cutter aversion

[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...

[Bugbear]

I refined that pleating to where it basically replaced the side vents on the sport jacket to kilt jacket conversion. That would be the jackets that have an Argyle bottom and cutaway.

So if I were to do another conversion, there would be no open side vents, and no need for the panel of fabric behind the vent. Also, the pleating takes in the waist to make the sport jacket fit more like a kilt jacket. I also put a bit of hair canvas in the flap that is formed by the pleats, parallel to the hem, so it keeps it's crisp shape.

All of that was practice for if I found a jacket that would be suitable for a semi-formal jacket. I never found a black, pin wale corduroy jacket, but there is a very nice tuxedo jacket hanging in my closet, if I ever get the jacket conversion bug again.

Good luck.

[MacLowlife]

The poll thread is great, but many of the images have been removed or are unavailable. Thanks, Bugbear, for the link, just the same.

[MacLowlife]

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[MacLowlife]

Ted Crocker,

I just read your thread on jacket backs from April. Thank you. I believe you were referring to what they sometimes call a bi-swing, or action back- shooting coats and safari jackets sometimes have pleats behind the shoulders which allow fabric to pull out when needed, as when the wearer raises his arms to fire a shotgun. I believe the fabric returns (the pleat closes) based either on gravity or because of elastic strung between the pleats. If that is too complicated, one could probably find a jacket with a single inverted back pleat in the center, ( much like a box pleat on a kilt?) that would serve the same purpose. http://www.alexander-james.co.uk/arc...ducts/shooting . No rear views, unfortunately- just order a couple and see how they are put together. If you went with a contrasting color and maybe some piping, it could either look very smart or downright horrendous.