Opinions Wanted: New Kilt Jacket (PIC)

[CMcG]

That's very diplomatic of you, Kyle.

Let me be a bit less than diplomatic (everyone here knows that I like to call a spade a spade!).

Colin, I'm sorry, but your new jacket looks exactly like what it is. A saxon jacket worn with a kilt. A kilt jacket would look so much better. Taking into account a students budget (or a poor man's budget, like mine) it is possible to get exactly the right items for exactly the right price but it takes a lot of time and energy (also a bit of fortitude/courage to resist the many compromises possible). Unfortunately, you gave in to a compomise and a compromise is rarely the right solution. Sorry, again.

I appreciate your candour, BCAC.

The funny thing is that when I first saw guys wearing this cut of jacket with p@nts, I thought they were wearing kilt jackets I wonder how people would have responded differently to this thread if I hadn't indicated the provenance of my jacket

I have a nice Harris tweed Argyll , but when the temperatures rise it just isn't suitable. There are lighter tweeds out there, but for a true summer weight kilt jacket the options are few, especially in the sub $100 price range.

You say that "A kilt jacket would look so much better," which raises the question: what is a kilt jacket? Do you mean a tweed Argyll with fancy cuffs and epaulettes? As Glen said, the style of my jacket is certainly more contemporary, as with the other photos I posted in the OP. Nonetheless, the short length and (gently) curved bottom are what we expect from a kilt jacket. If that isn't enough, then what are the defining features?