Open Fronted Doublets

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To really fit well a Sheriffmuir needs to be made to measure... <snip>

Thus swaddled one may look like a million bucks, but if the room is the least bit warm one is in danger of sweating like a Turk stoking the boiler on the Orient Express!

<snip> If that's not quite what you're looking for, then go for an Argyll jacket with gauntlet cuffs. You can have the bodice and sleeves done up in tartan (on the bias) or velvet if you want something other than black barathea. Whatever you choose, insist that the cuffs and lapels are done in either corded or grosgrain silk (avoid a satin finish) and that the collar is done in black velvet.


In my opinion a velvet or tartan dress Argyll jacket not only looks grand, it is the most comfortable evening jacket going.

Maybe Burn's wasn't right after all when he said, "Ye canna be both grand and comfotable..."

These are some very interesting suggestions in regards to a tricked out Argyll, which seems like they would elevate the formality of the jacket quite neatly. I did a brief image search and couldn't find any examples. Does anyone have pictures of an Argyll thus enhanced?