Modify A Sportcoat to a Kilt Jacket: Website is up

**Southern Breeze** · 19th November 05, 03:39 PM

Very nice job.Thanks.I recently picked up two jackets to experiment on,this is what I needed.I'll post the results as soon as I try it.

**auld argonian** · 19th November 05, 04:45 PM

Alan, you have achieved internet immortality! I'm actively searching for just the right jacket and your site will be invaluable (especially to help explain to my still-not-sold-on-the-kilt-thing wife).

By the way...those two people in the photo on the bottom of page two look oddly familiar...have I seen them somewhere? Some imported "Brit-Com", perhaps?

best

AA

**millar** · 19th November 05, 05:09 PM

Thanks Alan. This site will be invaluable to me. Im off to the thrift shop.

**Blu (Ontario)** · 19th November 05, 05:16 PM

I'm impressed... and perhaps just a little bit inspired. Enough at least to consider having a jacket I already own modified by a tailor. I have it professionally done since my sewing skills are zilch-zip-zero beyond puting a button back on a shirt.

**Big Dave** · 19th November 05, 06:14 PM

Thanks alot! Now there's another project to add to my list. (Seriously, thanks)

**switchblade5984** · 19th November 05, 07:05 PM

another great site!

**Alan H** · 19th November 05, 08:06 PM

Hope the site is useful for you all.

Hey Hamish, can you chime in on exactly what an Ettrick Jacket is and how it's different from the Argyll or Braemer?

**Hamish** · 20th November 05, 07:04 AM

Originally Posted by Alan H

Hope the site is useful for you all.

Hey Hamish, can you chime in on exactly what an Ettrick Jacket is and how it's different from the Argyll or Braemer?

That is certainly a very comprehensive site, Alan. Unfortunately, the process is well outside my own capabilities and I am most envious of those who, like you, can turn their hands (and minds!) to doing such things

Well done!

Yes, you will find that 'Ettrick' is the name of the Lochcarron tweed that is used in the informal jacket, rather than the style of the jacket. I have two Argyll jackets, in lovat green and charcoal grey, and they were tailored using Ettrick tweed. Most Highland outfitters carry, or have tailored to measure, the standard Argyll jacket in Lovat Green, Lovat Blue and Charcoal, and more often than not the tweed will be 'Ettrick' from the Lochcarron mill.