Thanks for the feedback, OC Richard.

As far as why I might wear the belt, I'm probably going to use sporran hangers, since the last time I tried on a sporran chain I was about 25-30 lbs. lighter than I am now and even then it was a bit uncomfortable and underlined my belly in a rather unflattering manner.

I will eventually get a sporran, just trying to keep inside a budget at the moment. So borrowed it is!

Yeah, I know the Brian Boru jacket doesn't have any sort of actual tradition/history to it, though the round silver harp buttons definitely help lend an Irish flavor to it. Also, in my very brief, preliminary, and shallow research into historical Irish fashions over the past month or so, I did see several examples of something that looks an awful lot like a shawl collar in a few ~16th-17th century illustrations, albeit on long, open-chested tunic-like garments (possibly a variation of the léine) over top of a shirt, not true formal jackets. Whether there's any tradition to it or not, I personally like the look of the Brian Boru better than the Prince Charlie. I consider the Irish-inspired tweaks as a bonus.

Speaking of jackets, perhaps the Great Rabble can help me with something that's causing me some confusion. Are UK and US standard jacket sizes the same? Most websites seem to indicate they're the same, but a few put the UK sizes at a bit smaller than the US sizes of the same number. I found some reasonably priced ex-hire Argylls and PCs from two different sellers, one in Scotland and one in England, but I would rather not have to mess around shipping it back to get a different size. I messaged the sellers and they both indicated they're UK sizing. Wondering if a UK 54R will fit the same as my US 54R or if I need to bump it up or down a size or two.