More about traditional jackets

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how recent a development the standard Argyle (and its variants) are.

The Argyll style has been around much longer than the Prince Charlie, Montrose, Kenmore, or Sherrifmuir, all of which appear to be 20th century creations.

Argyll-cut jackets can be seen in the mid 19th century, both grey and brown for outdoor dress and black for evening dress.

Here's an "Argyle" worn as evening dress c1930. Note this older style is shown being worn with the older style of sporran, while the 'youth' is wearing a trendy new jacket style and new sporran style



Here's what you often see in the 1850-1920 period: full elaborate Highland costume worn with what we would call an Argyll jacket



Here's a lovely mid-19th century portrait showing an ordinary jacket worn with Highland dress. Everything about his dress, including the civilian wearing of the Glengarry, the long plain jacket, the ankle boots, lack of flashes, and hair sporran worn with civilian day dress, can be seen repeatedly in The Highlanders of Scotland