Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot
Golly's jacket in question was a standard tweed day jacket, not an "Ike" jacket, which is similar to the British Battle Dress Jacket of the Second World War -- the web site for Sav's WWII Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders reenactment unit has some good pictures of this style, which is a short "shell" jacket.

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Todd
Thanks for the references. I did recognize that there were differences and that the Ike Jacket looked a lot more "military" than the one in the MOTG episode...the similarities being the length, the epaulets and, if I remember what I saw correctly, the waist on Golly's jacket was "banded" (for lack of a better term as I don't know how else to describe it)...these features made me think that this particular jacket did look a little more "military" than, say, a Crail Jacket. I know that the epaulets are traditional and sort of a "standard" feature on most kilt jackets. If I think of any reference on the jackets worn by the WWII highland regiments, I think of the costuming in "Tunes of Glory" as being about right though of a slightly later vintage.

It's all in how to describe something here in the US to folks who aren't very familiar with them. If I found a jacket to take to a tailor, I would probably have to explain that the waist should be at about the same spot as an Ike Jacket...though with the profound grasp of history in this country (!) I might have a hard time finding anyone who remembers who "Ike" was. It's like the old question: we called it a Nehru Jacket...what did Nehru call it? If you asked him, he'd probably say, "...it's just a jacket...why do you ask?"

And. let's face it, most folks probably think that Nehru was the guy who invented the Nehru Jacket and know little else about him.

...sorry to drift so far off topic...middle age...you know how it gets.

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