Wearing the Montrose Doublet

[OC Richard]

As we all know a suite of new Evening jackets appeared in the early 20th century.

What's cool is that one can get an idea of when the various styles appeared from old catalogues.

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"



AFAIK it's the first Evening Dress jacket made specifically to be worn with dirk belt and lace jabot.

McMurdo has of course nailed the look to perfection!

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.

BTW the Montrose isn't a "doublet" strictly speaking, but what in the 19th century would be called a "shell jacket".

I used to have one in claret velvet... happily no photos exist...