What is this jacket anyway?

[Ronusan]

Ran across this at the thrift store today. Is this a kilt-ready jacket or just some kind of MC Hammer thing from the '80s?? It almost looks like a cross between a Matador coat and some kind of zoot suit but I don't know of any contemporary non-kilt related jacket that shape and length. With having kilt jackets on the brain so much lately I kept going back to it wondering "would this go with a kilt??" Again, I could be just blinded by my desire to top off my kilt before the Irish fest next weekend...

My girlfriend "strongly discouraged" me from buying it. Was she as right as I suspect she was?

Just curious about others' thoughts.

[Graywolf]

A man's girlfriend or wife is always right.

[McMurdo]

Yes she was right, that does look like an 80's jacket no matter what you wear with it, it will always be an 80's jacket, I've never seen a double breasted kilt jacket.

[OFCJAX]

That has Rick Astley written all over it!

[McClef]

It's certainly the right length to go with a kilt - whether or not it will look good with a kilt depends on photographs!

[SFCRick]

she is right

[slohairt]

It's Hammertime!

[robthehiker]

It looks about as good as this one. Yes, she was right.

[Jack Daw]

Pass!

[pipesndrumsnun]

Gee, I was actually thinking that you could probably pull it off! I guess I'm the lone voice crying in the wilderness on this one!