daywear jacket preferences

[CMcG]

CMcG, what you might try to find is a three piece suit that has lost its trousers, such as this one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mens-M-Blue-Gray...item19c077e413


You may have to do some tailoring beyond the usual shortening, but do remember, a short suit coat might well be long enough in the sleeves and how much you chop off the skirt may be irrelevant. For some reason, short suits tend to prevail. I tried searching on eBay for harris tweed suit ( jacket, waistcoat) and searching the descriptions... If you are really lucky, you might be able to have a waistcoat made from the yardage of the trousers.

MacLl,

Perhaps I'm misreading you here but are you suggesting that with a suitably short jacket, one might not need to cut the bottom of it? That's an interesting proposition...

I can understand why people convert Saxon jackets but, in my eyes, the look of an altered jacket is rarely right. It seems like the whole bottom of the jacket, the pockets, and the body would need to be re-built in order to make it work. Too often, converted jackets look like someone just hacked the bottom off. Major alterations are pricey, however, and might obviate any savings over just buying a kilt jacket!

And no, I'm not much of a tailor myself

Maybe something like what fellow Xmarker Paul is wearing in a pic he shared with us?


Or like the jacket that the gentleman on the second from the right is wearing in this picture?