Originally Posted by
O'Neille
Thanks, I didn't notice that it was single breasted. I like it but I think I'd look better in a DB Montrose. I suspect that a Montrose needs to be custom made as an off the peg just wouldn't work in that close fitting of a garmet. O'Neille
I very much doubt that it is possible to buy a Montrose doublet off the peg, O'Neille, unless you manage to find one the fits from a second-hand source!
The one advantage of the GT Doublet is that it can also be worn loose and partially unbuttoned with the kilt belt worn on the kilt, as well as in the traditional manner I usually select. The Montrose can be worn only fully buttoned, with lace jabot and cuffs, and the belt on the outside through the doublet's belt loops.
I have a Montrose doublet in green barathea which I have worn since the 1960s (which I can no longer get into and which is archived in my Kollection!), but I do like the versatility of the GT version.
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