Jacket search

[Skipper1]

Hi - here is a pic of my grandfather and his siblings taken just before they left the Island of Barra for Canada. Does anyone recognize the style of jacket. I am interested finding one similar for day ware. Of course, for them it was their sunday best.

[McMurdo]

I took a look at your code, you have tried to post a photo from facebook, this does not work, I then went to my facebook to see if I could see the photo and I could not, it gave me the following error:

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Please check here it gives you the directions for posting photos on this site.

[Skipper1]

Sigh - well it seems facebook wont work and I dont have a web page of my own so I guess we'll have to forego this one. Thanks anyway.

[chasem]

For future reference, sites such as photobucket and imageshack.us are great for hosting images to post to the forums.

I was able to view the photo in facebook though, and uploaded it to imageshack so, here goes:

[Sionnach]

Wow, what a great photo! No idea of the style of jacket- "Highland Eton?" (should I just put my head on the chopping block now?!

[scotchmaster]

Hi - here is a pic of my grandfather and his siblings taken just before they left the Island of Barra for Canada. Does anyone recognize the style of jacket. I am interested finding one similar for day ware. Of course, for them it was their sunday best.

If you find out anything. I would like to know. It is a great look.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

They appear to be in an ordinary Argyll jacket with the lapel buttoned across the front. It is possible that the boys weren't wearing "collar and tie" and so the jacket was closed to disguise this fact.

If you look at most jackets today they have a blind button hole on the left lapel. This is a hold over from the days when jackets could be buttoned right up to the collar. Just as the boys in the photo are doing.

[Jack Daw]

I think that jacket style is cool. I've never seen it; so I suspect if you really want one, you'll have to have it tailor made.

[sydnie7]

They appear to be in an ordinary Argyll jacket with the lapel buttoned across the front. It is possible that the boys weren't wearing "collar and tie" and so the jacket was closed to disguise this fact.

If you look at most jackets today they have a blind button hole on the left lapel. This is a hold over from the days when jackets could be buttoned right up to the collar. Just as the boys in the photo are doing.

But the jackets are very cut-away, without (to my best viewing) either collar or buttons/buttonholes below the one that is buttoned at the neck. Altogether an interesting look but I wonder what kind of shirt you would wear under it today? Would you have some shirt collar showing -- seems uncomfortable to me to have the woolen jacket material up around your bare neck. Maybe that's why they look so unhappy

[Highland Logan]

But the jackets are very cut-away, without (to my best viewing) either collar or buttons/buttonholes below the one that is buttoned at the neck. Altogether an interesting look but I wonder what kind of shirt you would wear under it today? Would you have some shirt collar showing -- seems uncomfortable to me to have the woolen jacket material up around your bare neck. Maybe that's why they look so unhappy

Our military "patrol uniform" jackets attach at the neck, and the shirt worn under was collarless. It an earlier time all shirts had no collar till you decided to attach it as MoR has pointed out "It is possible that the boys weren't wearing "collar and tie" and so the jacket was closed to disguise this fact.".

Frank