Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
This photo shows very clearly how high the waist was meant to be, on this fine military doublet of a lovely cut:



Try wearing a modern civilian kilt, which has been made to the American customer's specs to have a low waist, and you'd have a big gap between the kilt and the jacket.

Here's a modern military doublet, and an old Scots Guards doublet, clearly showing that the waistbelt was to be worn at the elbow:



Looking at this set of pics again I see that even with my kilt, which sits with a traditional high civilian rise, might even be a bit short for the doublet. I left the last pic out of the quote because honestly I don't want to look at it again. Lengthening the jacket in that manner just totally ruins the proportions.