Jacket silhouette options

[VegasKilted]

I just needed to chime in and say Thank you.

Seriously, Steve. That is like the 5th useful thing I learned from you in the past 24 hours.

Also, Thank you to kilted2000 for the post.

[mddock58]

I have been lucky most of my life to have a body proportioned to work well with clothing off the rack.

Now I know many settle for the off the rack fit, but usually it fits almost perfectly as if made to measure.
I made many tailors happy in NYC when I was buying suits, because all they usually needed to alter was putting a hem in the slacks.

Truly the difference in the look of something that fits properly is a huge difference from having it almost fit. You will feel better and more confident when it fits "Right".

[OC Richard]

I have been lucky most of my life to have a body proportioned to work well with clothing off the rack.

Me too, my kilt jackets are mostly ex-hire or otherwise pre-owned and if the label says a certain thing, the jacket will fit perfectly.

The only problems I've run into was when sellers asked for additional information, then misinterpreted the data to create something that didn't fit right.

An example being J. Higgins. They make waistcoats in various lengths. Since all the Pipe Bands around here wear Higgins waistcoats I know exactly what size and what length to order (I've worn all the combinations at one time or another).

But!! The last time I ordered one there was a box to put in your height, which box had to be filled in to process the order.

I put in my correct height, and they interpreted that data as meaning that I had ordered the wrong length, ignored the length I specified, and sent me the length THEY thought I should wear.

Which of course was wrong for me.

So the next time I guessed (correctly) what height I should put to prevent them from overriding the length I ordered.

Recently I ordered a kilt jacket from another maker and they did the same thing! They ignored the length I specified and sent me the length they thought I needed.

I guess the lesson is to only tell them a size, and refuse to give any additional information they might ask for.