Quote Originally Posted by TheOfficialBren View Post
the bottom of the jacket, although rounded to accommodate the sporran, appears longer like a Saxon jacket.
One sees that fairly often in 19th century photos, though usually it's 'Day' tweed jackets rather than 'Evening' jackets that are like that. I could post, probably, a dozen vintage photos showing long jackets. But the style of the time, buttoned near the top and the front angling away, made room for the sporran even so.

I commented not too long ago that I've recently been seeing quite a few people wearing black Argyll jackets that are longer that the 'traditional' length, coming down to around the end of the cuff or a bit below. Seems to be a growing trend nowadays, don't know why.