Planning an outfit.

[Arlen]

I'm planning to have a Regency themed party some time this summer. (Hopefully wit a friend from Canada as the honoured guest.)
Now, I've got a good idea of Regency Kilt fashion, regiments etc.
At no point between now and about fur years from now could I afford an accurate outfit. I'm usually a stickler for accuracy, but at a party where very few people have any idea about the Regency period I am not terribly worried.
To top it off, many of the regiments then were privately raised and outfitted in whatever the raiser thought a nice uniform was. So I can pretty much just make up a regiment.
(Yes, I pretty much want an excuse to dress up and have a biscuit tree.)
To the point!

Here is an idea of some Military uniforms from the regency period:















So what do I do?
Well, here are some of the sorts of things that are available on Ebay.
I could get an old Military tunic and alter it to have a sporran cutaway:





It would look good, but I'd rather not alter something such good quality.


I could also get a 'Military style tunic jacket.'
Alter that to have a cutaway. With some nice buttons and some appropriate piping added I think it would look really good.








(Not sure what kinda shaping I'd do for a cutaway with this one.)


Now, imagine my fantastic paintshop skills are proper piping and cordage and the like. The buttons will be nice and it'll be worn with a horsehair sporran and a nice belt and baldric with braided epaulettes: What do you think?

[Raphael]

Nice looking jackets, and I am sure that they will look good with any kilt. However, they look like costumes to me.

[McMurdo]

Here's one for you, it is a short style so I would guess that a kilt would work.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Juicy-Couture-Mi...1|293:1|294:50

[Arlen]

Here's one for you, it is a short style so I would guess that a kilt would work.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Juicy-Couture-Mi...1|293:1|294:50

Yeah, I saw that one and loved it, but $200 is a bit out of my price range.



Raphael: I don't mind it being a bit of a costume look. It's just for a party so I'm not wanting full quality wool tunics or anything.

[csbdr]

That looks almost identical to the dark one in the examples, only in grey. Wouldn't need any alteration to use with a kilt.

[Raphael]

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Raphael: I don't mind it being a bit of a costume look. It's just for a party so I'm not wanting full quality wool tunics or anything.

Go for it then. You are going to look smashing in it.

[McMurdo]

How about this one Arlen

http://cgi.ebay.com/Emo-Military-Par...em370103202149

[Arlen]

That looks almost identical to the dark one in the examples, only in grey. Wouldn't need any alteration to use with a kilt.

It is the dark one in the examples. I already drew in the cutaway for the picture. Sorry, I should have been a bit more clear about that.
This is the original:






It would be really easy to create a sporran cutaway and just fancy up the rest of the jacket.
And these things go on Ebay for CHEAP. I figure for a fancy dress sort of outfit I can get the jacket, the buttons, cordage and piping for a maximum of $40.
That means just the labour and I am getting something light enough to wear for a summer party that all the costume places charge about $100 for.

[Arlen]

How about this one Arlen

http://cgi.ebay.com/Emo-Military-Par...em370103202149

That's a nice one. Thanks for the link.

[Arlen]

For reference, here are more Kilted Regimentals of the era:





If I can get a red tunic, great. If not I'll make do with what I can get.