1 week and $26 later

[Monkey@Arms]

Great looking jacket, and great price. I'm jealous.:mrgreen: Wish I had a tailor like that around here.

[Arlen]

Very nice.
You look great and you can't beat the price.

[Alan H]

Nice!

[cwr89]

thanks for your nice comments, I tell you though, If I could afford a different kilt for each day of the week, I would wear it with that jacket each day of the week...

say, would that pass as a P.C. if I got a nice black wool vest?

~Casey

[Panache]

Casey,

I admire you for being only 17 and having the flair to wear a kilt. From what I can make out of this jacket it isn't a tux coat but a simpler blazer that you have had shortened and had the sporran cutway added. It looks good.

I realize you are working on a limited budget and commend your efforts, compared to your fellows you look most sharp.

However, you are an X Marker and have presented pictures and asked

...say, would that pass as a P.C. if I got a nice black wool vest?

I am going to give you my honest advice.

I don't think that this jacket is going to pass for a PC Jacket even with a vest. I think you could make this work as a formal outfit. But you will need to change a few things. Mainly switching out your brown accessories for black ones. That black jacket is going to look a lot better with black accessories. (Remember it is never to early to start your Christmas list. )

Look into getting

A black belt with a dress silver dress buckle (Stillwater sells them for around $20)

A black sporran (preferrably semi dress) with either a chain sporran belt or black leather sporran belt. (Check out The Celtic Croft they have some good looking ones in their economy sporran line. $45-55)

White hose (USA Kilts had a special going on these fairly recently, I'm not sure if it is still going on $10)

I am assuming that your shoes are already black.

Your brown sporran, brown leather sporran belt (two thumbs way up!), and simple brown belt along with oatmeal hose are perfect daywear. They don't work well with the tux shirt and bowtie.

The items above I think will vastly improve your outfit.

Or keep those obviously sharp bargin hunting eyes of yours on the lookout for a tweed coat and have it converted to another kilt jacket. Then use a dress shirt, a regular tie , and brown shoes and you will have an absolutely smashing daywear outfit.

Again, I applaud you for doing at 17 what took me an additional 20 years to get around to doing.

Cheers

Jamie

[DTrain]

Great looking jacket for the $! Probably need to use pewter or silver buttons to pass it off as a PC-stlye jacket, but overall looks good.

[McMurdo]

The new pictures are even better, very nice indeed.

[cwr89]

great!
thanks for the advice. I thought that I would ask you guys because you normally give the real deal.

I think that my birthday wish list just got a little longer, luckily I turn 18 on the 31st of this month.

as for shoes, I don't have guillies but I have some black dress shoes (converted marching band shoes, these specifically) that I put some extra long laces on.

the sporran that I have there is a SWK that I got from mbhandy. I absolutely love it. it beats the crap out of the one I made from canvis and leather scrap. He also set me up with the hose.

would silver rectangular buttons do better on the jacket?

oh and finally this is what my seamstress had to work with:
image is from kiltstore.net

thanks for all the comments again!
and I might be going out some time soon to take another look around a trift store!

~Casey

[McMurdo]

Casey
In my opinion I would not add the silver buttons, the jacket you have is great for what it is, what it is not is a P.C. I think your tailor has done a wonderful job with it and I also think for the type of events you are likely to go to it will work out perfectly, as Panache has pointed out black accessories would be more fitting as brown accessories are for day wear. Take a look at the picture you posted from kiltstore.net his accessories are black.
I would use the jacket you have with Black accessories, until you have the funds for a P.C. or a black Argyle like the picture you posted, it will look great.
I have a brown Harris Tweed and a Prince Charlie, they are for different occasions, and they are not interchangeable.
One other thing about the kiltstore photo he is wearing a waistcoat and a dress belt, and I would advise against that.

[fluter]

Well done, Casey. I agree with Panache and McMurdo: this jacket will see you through any formal occasions for the foreseeable future.

The Prince Charlie outfit is the kilted equivalent of black tie. Always remember, if one does not own a tuxedo, it's perfectly acceptable to wear a dark business suit instead. Your jacket looks great, and it's the kilted equivalent of the dark business suit. Q.E.D.

Just add the black accessories when you can afford them; and either white or black hose will dress the outfit right up. You can wear a bow tie or a long tie for formal occasions, long tie for a regular "dressy" look. Your black dress shoes are perfect; personally, I'd ditch the long laces but they do look kind of cool.