Brown jacket unfortunately not my size...

[Bad Monkey]

https://www.etsy.com/listing/7175902...search_click=1

nice price, too.

[gsmacleod]

Thanks for pointing this out; I certainly don't need another jacket but have been looking for a brown kilt jacket for a little bit so I decided to take the plunge.

Shane

[gsmacleod]

The jacket arrived today (actually Friday but since we had Hurricane Dorian arrive on Saturday, I couldn't pick it up until today).

I love the colour; chestnut brown tweed with some red, orange and yellow in the weave. It is very heavy and is in great shape although it is slightly snug across the shoulders and I can't button the jacket. While I don't typically button a kilt jacket, all of my other jackets can be buttoned so I'm not 100% sure I'll keep the jacket. However, I've been looking for a brown tweed jacket for a while so I'm leaning toward keeping it and, since I've been focused on dropping a little weight, hopefully that will improve the fit.





Bad Monkey, thanks for the heads up!

Shane

[Highland Logan]

Nice jacket. Works well.

Frank

[Karl R]

have been looking for a brown kilt jacket for a little bit so I decided to take the plunge.

My size, but not my color. Looks good on you. Congratulations.

[kingandrew]

Shane-

I don't know if your jacket has enough material to work with, but tailors can sometimes let out the seam that runs down the middle of the back to give your shoulders a little more wiggle room.

The jacket is a great color and works well with your kilt and hair.

Andrew

[gsmacleod]

Shane-

I don't know if your jacket has enough material to work with, but tailors can sometimes let out the seam that runs down the middle of the back to give your shoulders a little more wiggle room.

The jacket is a great color and works well with your kilt and hair.

Andrew

Thanks for the feedback; not sure I'd let out a vintage jacket but hopefully if I keep weight-loss going in the right direction, it won't be an issue.

Shane

[OC Richard]

Sizing on vintage jackets is so tricky!

Just to find out the size I should be shopping for on Ebay, I did the typical "armpit to armpit" measurement on five vintage tweed jackets I had at that time.

I found that there was, strangely enough, little correlation between the actual measurement and how the jackets fit me.

A jacket with a larger measurement might feel snug, while another jacket with a smaller measurement might feel too loose. It didn't make any sense.

So I use measurements as only a rough guide (size labels are even worse) and realise that I won't know how a jacket fits until I buy it and wear it.