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27th June 19, 03:43 AM
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29th September 19, 07:00 PM
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Rrichard
(The subject's left knee and hose turnover cuff appear odd. Have they been crudely retouched?)
Perhaps a prosthetic limb or photo retouched to display limb missing from original. Great photo's. You have some of the best stuff.
Last edited by Jacques; 29th September 19 at 07:11 PM.
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1st October 19, 08:25 AM
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I notice that the length of most of the jackets is much longer ( compared to the sleeves), than is common today, where the sleeves are generally longer than the body of the jacket. Many of these could almost be Saxon jackets.
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1st October 19, 11:09 AM
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To my eye, many of those pockets appear to be just fashionable extras with no real pocket behind them, let's face it using them to carry stuff would not look very attractive due to bulging.
That said the two below are definetly using them to carry bits and bobs and whilst practical I wouldn't class them as "going out " clothes, but that may just be because fashions have changed.
Originally Posted by OC Richard
In Traditional Civilian Highland Dress, that is, the civilian Highland Dress as it was.
These men seem to make do with four pockets:
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3rd October 19, 05:35 AM
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Originally Posted by jhockin
I notice that the length of most of the jackets is much longer ( compared to the sleeves), than is common today, where the sleeves are generally longer than the body of the jacket. Many of these could almost be Saxon jackets.
Yes indeed, I do believe that many men would wear the same jacket with kilt and trousers.
It's mainly due to the Victorian style of buttoning a jacket only at the top button and the jacket swinging open in an inverted "V" which allowed long jackets to be worn without hiding the sporran. Many of those Victorian jackets are obviously cut to hang open that way, and probably couldn't be buttoned all the way down.
Modern Saxon jackets are cut to hang straight down in front and cover the sporran.
In any case here's just about the longest jacket worn with Highland Dress I have a photo of. If he had just buttoned the top button the jacket would hang open more and not cover the sporran. BTW note that his jacket has four patch pockets plus a flapped ticket pocket. Also note the thing often seen in Victorian photos, the front apron of the kilt being rather narrow and the pleated portion coming around both sides.
Last edited by OC Richard; 3rd October 19 at 05:37 AM.
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