Seven Days... New Topic

[CMcG]

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At last the point of all of this rambling:
1) What style of jacket/ doublet?
2) When to wear it?

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Just the same, I am eager for good advice.

I doubt I can provide you with GOOD advice, but I'll venture an opinion or two.

It seems that a Saxon blazer has more in common with a Highland jacket than a doublet. A bit of alteration would do the trick, while to make a doublet might require some more extensive tailoring.

If part of your goal is to keep this on the cheap, then go the direct route and make it a Arygll-style jacket: reduce the length and give it a sporran cut-away. This would give you a tartan jacket that would easily work for daywear or non-formal evening wear.

Something like what Highland Clans has here:
http://www.highlandclans.co.uk/Tarta...ll_Jacket.html


If you want to "go big or go home," then take it up a notch with more sartorial-candy. You could swap in some fancy buttons and maybe a contrasting colour lapel. If you have a Highland tailor (or at least one with a creative eye) you could even have gauntlet or patch cuffs and epaulettes made in the same contrasting colour as the lapels... would that be too much? This would give you a much fancier jacket, capable of being worn for more formal occasions, day or evening.

Something like what Highland Clans has here:
http://www.highlandclans.co.uk/Appin_Doublet.html