Traditional (Regulation) Doublet

[Highland Logan]

Sorry to post and run yesterday, so here's the follow-up.

I've been working on this since late Oct 2019 with a local tailor; Vic Master Tailor, with the on-paper (I want a traditional formal doublet) process having started in early 2019.

I'm not a fan of the current style of Regulation Doublet, which to my eye is nothing more than a Prince Charlie Coatee with (Inverness flaps) tashes. Once again, personal taste and choice.

I settled on the older style, as I prefer the style of buttoned non-close front, and the front tashes following the lines of the jacket close. The front pocket tashes, the non-sewn down gauntlet cuffs, etc.

So what to base this jacket on, and where would I have it made?

I found what I was looking for at the McCord Museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.



After asking about the jacket, Anne-Frédérique Beaulieu, the museum Coordinator, Digital Information Management, Collections, was kind enough to provide the info they had on the jack and had it removed from storage and send me many photos of different details as requested.

After talking with Vic, during the early stages, I soon learned that as many tailors, he had what patterns were available for different styles of jackets. The patterns he had for a "Regulation" Doublet, were not much different that off the rack versions carried but multiple Highland shops.

The reason I went with Vic, his his shops background doing Army, Navy and Airforce Mess Dress, as well as some limited Scottish jackets (mostly Highland Regiments). So to ensure I got what I wanted, and only photos to go on, I had to hunt down an old pattern book. The differences between the pattern and the photos would be easy to square.. but I need a pattern.

The pattern I found was from "The Modern Tailor Outfitter And Clothier Vol. 2 Ed. 4th, Chapter III, Scottish Dress".




...... to be continued.....