Need some advice...daywear (shirt, vest, jacket)

[Bugbear]

I don't know anything about the piping attire.

You might consider talking to The Wizard of BC through FK about the jacket. He was offering a kilt cut style of suit jacket, a time back, that was made in Scotland.

And it is my understanding, from the traditionalists, that, other than a couple of the doublets, kilt jackets are to be worne open or unbuttoned. This is the traditional attire forum...

[piperdbh]

You'd be alright with a converted into a kilt jacket. Several members here can do this for you. You start with a jacket you already have, or one you get at a thrift shop or somewhere, and then cut the tail off and raise the pockets. It's not a big job.