Casual vest idea

[billmcc]

Steve is planning on offering a vest, so I thought I would share my idea for a casual summertime vest for kilt wearers.

It would be a modern style vest with 4 buttons down the front, a V-shaped neck and no collar. It should be made of a reasonably lightweight material so those of us who live in the southern US won't get heat stroke. The most useful part of this vest would be 2 combination cargo/slash pockets on the outer front.

The pockets would be constructed by sewing the tops, bottoms and inner sides of the cargo pockets onto the body of the vest. The outer sides would only be partly sewn down, leaving an opening for the slash pockets.

This type of pockets would give the traditional kilt wearer a place to put their hands and eliminate the need for a sporran. The vest would also eliminate the need to wear a belt.

So, what do you think? Is this a good idea or not?

[Colin]

sounds like a utility vest or fishing type vest. http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en...=1&sa=N&tab=wi or am I way off?

[The Wizard of BC]

I am having a problem visualizing what you are describing.
Could you include some drawings?

[billmcc]

I am having a problem visualizing what you are describing.
Could you include some drawings?

I am not much of an artist, but I will make a drawing or two when I get home from work tonight.

[billmcc]

I am not much of an artist, but I will make a drawing or two when I get home from work tonight.

Steve and All,

The general shape of the vest I was thinking of is like the one in the picture that Cavscout provided in this thread. However, as Cavscout suggested, the vest should fit closer to the body like the vest of a suit.

Now to explain the combination pockets better. The front part of the combo would be a cargo or patch type pocket consisting of 2 pieces of material that serve as the front and back walls of the cargo pocket. The back part of the combo would be a slash type pocket. Its front wall would be the back of the cargo pocket and its back wall would be the body of the vest.

To construct the combo pocket the back wall of the cargo pocket would be sewn to the front of the vest as indicated by the red lines in the below picture. The area without the red line would be the opening for the slash pocket behind the cargo pocket.

I hope this helps clarify things.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Many of the vests offered on this site work well with a kilt:
http://www.ushist.com/wardrobe/q-160...hed_collar.htm

I own the Frontier vest in black, and wear it both casually and formally. (It came with copper colored buttons but I replaced them with pewter so I could wear it with my Argyle jacket, as I am in the picture below).


I bought it in black specifically so I'd have the option of going formal, but it works just great as a casual vest as well. My only minor gripe is that it is a pretty heavy canvas, and is lined, which isn't a bad thing except for in the summer it gets a bit warm. I wouldn't mind something from a lighter fabric.

Aye,
Matt

[billmcc]

sounds like a utility vest or fishing type vest. http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en...=1&sa=N&tab=wi or am I way off?

A utility vest is typically very baggy and has way too many pockets. Think of a biker's vest (but not made of leather) with 2 cargo pockets on the front.

[Tattoo Bradley]

I think it could be interesting. I just don't see myself using the pockets as a replacement for a sporran though.

[cavscout]

I am looking forward to Steve's vest when it is released but I'm more a fan of the classic vest style that will maintain the very clean and crisp lines of the out fit. I know Ron is a fan of vests in lieu of sporran but I would rather keep the sporran and have a couple of slit pockets for minor items if any. To me they would be more cosmetic to break up the front panel of the vest.

Something like this might be interesting if it were a bit more fitted

[cloves]

i really like those vests Cavscout. I agree that they should be slightly more fitted though. However I'm not to keen on the slit pocket with the flap above. Either or, but the two types together seems sorta redundant.

what about just the flap? like this? sorry for the crappy photoshop