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    Quote Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome View Post
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    You'll be able to order ... a plain kilt jacket -- plain cuffs, no epaulets, plain pocket flaps, normal round buttons. Essentially a blazer made to wear with a kilt. I know a lot of you have been on the lookout for a more modern sports coat for kilt wear and this will be just the thing.

    We've got the jackets and vests priced together for $495. You can order both in the same matching pattern (or solid color) or mix and match as I did in the picture above. ...
    Hallelujah! Finally someone offering what I've been looking for for years.

    Matt, will we be able to specify a three-button jacket with lapels that are a bit shorter (a bit more of a modern cut)? Also, are any of the available solid color (specifically charcoal) tweeds available in 13 oz. cloth? If so, I'll start my JSF (Jacket Savings Fund) tomorrow morning when the bank opens.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Gilmore View Post
    Hallelujah! Finally someone offering what I've been looking for for years.

    Matt, will we be able to specify a three-button jacket with lapels that are a bit shorter (a bit more of a modern cut)? Also, are any of the available solid color (specifically charcoal) tweeds available in 13 oz. cloth? If so, I'll start my JSF (Jacket Savings Fund) tomorrow morning when the bank opens.
    Perhaps something like this?

    http://www.tartanweb.com/images/u/wa...cket-front.gif

    I think this would make for a really sharp kilt jacket in a nice tweed. Understated but classy...

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    To answer a few questions....

    To all of you who mentioned the buttons, when you order an Argyle style jacket, these are the kinds of buttons that come standard. When you order a modern kilt jacket, the buttons are plain buttons, either imitation horn or cloth covered (still working out the details with the company but right now it seems like whatever they think looks better with the cloth being used).

    If you want to see what those look like, you can kind of see them on my Harris tweed jacket here:
    http://picasaweb.google.com/macnewso...08577735946434

    If someone wants these buttons on an Argyle style jacket (with guantlet cuffs, etc), I see no reason why that could not be done.

    Scott: The modern kilt jacket is a single button jacket just like the Argyle. Essentially the only differences are the lack of guantlet cuffs, lack of epaulets, plain pocket flaps instead of the fancy ribbed ones on the Argyle, and plainer buttons.

    And yes, I can get a charcoal tweed in 13 oz cloth. See here:
    http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/tweed.html

    This cloth is woven by Lochcarron, hence the pricing is a bit different.

    MacWage, the solid tones that I'll be putting up on Monday take the colors from the colors used in the "tweed" patterns. So you can do things like I did here and use the indigo blue cloth for a vest, matching with the blue stripe in the jacket. You could also have a solid color jacket and a patterend vest, which would look nice. Or both could be made from the same cloth. Any combination would look nice.

    And lastly, David: If you notice, the Glen Garry pattern is the same pattern (I believe) that you were recently admiring in a certain jacket pic posted on my blog.... (I talked to Pat on the phone today and he said he had gotten an email from you).

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    Matt! You've hit this one out of the Park! I love the look of that Solid vest with a patterned jacket, ala



    This is just a classic look in my eye.

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    Quote Originally Posted by davidlpope View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Gilmore View Post
    Hallelujah! Finally someone offering what I've been looking for for years.

    Matt, will we be able to specify a three-button jacket with lapels that are a bit shorter (a bit more of a modern cut)? Also, are any of the available solid color (specifically charcoal) tweeds available in 13 oz. cloth? If so, I'll start my JSF (Jacket Savings Fund) tomorrow morning when the bank opens.
    Perhaps something like this?



    I think this would make for a really sharp kilt jacket in a nice tweed. Understated but classy...
    Yes, like that. I might change the buttons - or not. That's what I want (from a known and trusted American vendor).

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