'Kilt' Jackets

[scotchmaster]

So I'm thinking about the tweed blazer I just ordered - and I then recall seeing a kilted man in a TV interview wearing a blazer. So, I do a google, and find this:
My question, what's wrong with wearing kilts and blazers? I'm not that well versed, but to me this looks like a standard tweed blazer.

I know a lot of guys who wear tweed blazers with kilts. I think it is okay. Is that Brian Cox in the photo?

[JSFMACLJR]

I know a lot of guys who wear tweed blazers with kilts. I think it is okay. Is that Brian Cox in the photo?

It's not really "okay." I jacket made for the kilt is appropriate in this case. The jacket shown is too long, and for the reasons already given by others, just doesn't pass muster.

[slohairt]

It's a structural issue more than a fashion issue. A kilt jacket is cut short so that it doesn't interfere with the swing of the pleats. If you wear a "standard" jacket with a single vent in the back (most North American jackets), it WILL get caught in the pleats.

The jacket is also cutaway to accommodate the sporran.

As far as fashion is concerned: A kilt's waist is located much higher that a pair of trousers, so when a "standard" jacket is worn with a kilt it looks as if a boy raided his father's closet!