What is a Doublet?

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The Tartan Revival that followed the lifting of the ban on kilts and Highland dress involved a Romantic revival of what were seen as earlier styles. It seems likely to me that the Victorian doublet styles were originally conceived as connecting to an earlier tradition that had been interrupted.

Andrew, that's not correct. Highland Revival (broadly 1784-1840) clothes closely followed the fashion of the day. From c1815-40 there were significant changes in style every couple of years,. At the end of that period there was a move away from tartan jackets to plain ones and the development of the style we can broadly describe as a Doublet.