Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
Nevertheless, I above gave a photo of a catalogue of the same period from which many of my photos come which have off the peg jackets in four styles.

I have dozens of photos of this same style. It was obviously quite commonly available, in fact nearly universal, a situation quite the reverse of the bespoke/individually styled/home-sewn one you mention.
Well yes and no. It depends what date you are talking about. Also whilst the kilt as been around for centuries for the common man, the rest of the attire was in many circumstances way out of the reach of the common man.So I have no doubts at all that many kilt jackets were home adaptions from secondhand, even fourth hand clothing. It was not much different in the highlands I grew up in, in the 1940's. I still to this day see one of my kilt jackets that I had new and then in time grew out of in the early 1950's, much adapted and now being worn by what must be the fifth family to own it! Any new kilt attire in those days and earlier were for the wealthy, anything else were adapted hand-me downs.