Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard
My earliest catalogues only have The Doublet ("suitable for older gentlemen") and The Coatee (or the Prince Charlie Coatee, "suitable for younger men" it being a recent invention).
Then The Montrose appears, mentioned "for youths"
Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard
Though dirk belts and jabots were sometimes worn with the 19th century Evening jackets (Doublet and Argyll) by the early 20th century belts had ceased to be worn with those, and jabots rarely.
You make references to an earlier doublet, and I know you aren't talking about the Montrose, could you specify what doublet you're talking about exactly?