I mentioned in another thread that I have a staffer who's a clothes designer and seamstress. I have two different daywear jackets wending their way to me through "jones alley" and she's already asked to take a close look at them. She's agreed to alter some of my older jackets to work for kilts, but before that happens, she feels some research is in order.
She showed me a book of her research work on women's garments of the Gibson Girl era which included exhaustive, detailed analysis of "hows" and "whys" of the dresses' construction. I'm going to see if she'd be willing to take on a similar project for kilt jackets. I think it would be interesting to hear the response from someone with "fresh eyes". (not totally fresh, her dad's family is from Isle of Skye).
If she can do a bit of this, I'll be sure to document with photos and her sketches, etc. Stay tuned.