Originally Posted by
Shinenotburn
Glen, I bet that jacket can be worn with the collar up and closed up like a Montrose or a double breasted tunic. Interesting how the trim flaps on the tail are reversed to the way you usually see them place now on evening wear.
A great jacket for sure, and just your size.
These flaps descend from pockets. Here's a link from a pattern book that dates from 1918. This books matches this great looking jacket. The further you get from the past, the reasons and functions for the things we have get changed like a bad game of telephone.
Frank
Drink to the fame of it -- The Tartan!
Murdoch Maclean
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