Shell jacket to Doublet conversion is finished.

[Sir Didymous]

Okay, a while back I had a thread talking about a doublet that could be dressed down. Outside of the tweed sheriffmuir that handsomely haunts this sight, there haven't been many successful attempts. Here is my own (via a seamstress working off of my plans) attempt. This started as an American Civil War Union officer's shell jacket. My goal was for a doublet that loosely resembles a Montrose, but with elements that can give different looks based on what it is being worn with. The first thing to go were the replica civil war buttons, which were replaced with brass domed shank buttons. So the cuffs were styled off of a Saxon jacket, and two buttons were added in the back like that of a frock coat. When the front was shortened, the removed material was made into the epaulettes (which I took the measurements off of a modern jacket, but the one used has slightly dropped shoulders so they should have been longer). The result gives me several options of wear ranging from relatively casual with a colored shirt and tie, to white tie with diced hose, jabot and lace cuffs. Here is currently the only picture I have. I am wearing my white tie kit for a photo shoot for my wife's photography class. I hope to have more pictures by the middle of next week showing the options in action.