Montrose Doublet owners, a favor please

[OC Richard]

It is still being made and in Scotland. We have these made up for our customers on occasion and in fact I think it is one of the best cuts of jacket for kilt dress.

Every time there's a thread where I mention or show that old jacket style, which was nearly univerally worn by civilian pipers from the mid-19th century up through the early years of the 20th, somebody posts saying that they're still being made. However I have repeatedly asked for someone to post a link or a photo actually showing one, and over the last few years no one has yet done so.

Anyhow, here's the clearest photo I have showing the exact cut of this style:



and more:





The earliest depiction I have of this style is from 1865:



The latest depiction I've come across is from a 1940 catalogue:



More rare, but sometimes seen, is a style with the lower-cut front similar to our modern Regulation Doublet:



In any case it makes me wonder why since 1900 we started to put military-style standing collars on some of our civilian formal jacket styles.

This, to me, has everything to do with the original post, which was about how to wear old-fashioned neckwear with a formal Scottish jacket. This modern formal look of a military-style standing collar combined with a lace jabot doesn't appeal to me all that much.