"Jacobite" garb

**Woodsheal** · 30th July 09, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by jhockin

Woodsheal:
would you say that the shirt pattern, at "http://pages.videotron.com/fldelyse/Patterns.html" (Pattern # NFH 18001 , 18th Century French style Man's Shirt ) would "fit" as Jacobite garb?
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Just realized I never answered your post. Sorry! But, yes, that's an ideal shirt pattern. Here's the website:
http://pages.videotron.com/fldelyse/Patterns.html

**BoldHighlander** · 30th July 09, 02:42 PM

Another great source for historically researched patterns is: Reconstructing History.

**Woodsheal** · 24th August 09, 05:46 PM

In 1745 Jacobite get-up at the recent Central NY Games near Syracuse;

**The Bear** · 29th October 11, 09:10 AM

Originally Posted by Woodsheal

In 1745 Jacobite get-up at the recent Central NY Games near Syracuse;

Woodsheal the wee kilt you have on, what are the pleats like on it? are they just unpressed basic folds? 4 yards?

**Woodsheal** · 29th October 11, 10:14 AM

Originally Posted by The Bear

Woodsheal the wee kilt you have on, what are the pleats like on it? are they just unpressed basic folds? 4 yards?

Actually, I "cheated" that day and was wearing one of Matt Newsome's 4-yd. box-pleated kilts.

They resemble the earlier little kilts, but not exactly.
For 1740s, you only need 3-4 yards, with the un-pressed pleats tacked in place at the waist, or perhaps a drawstring in a waist band. We're not sure how philabegs were actually constructed at that early date (and I highly doubt they were thrown on the ground and hand-pleated each and every time!).
See the earlier pages of this thread for a discussion of wee kilts of that period....

**Matt Richards** · 30th October 11, 07:56 PM

I wore my Jacobite clothing at the Carolina Renaissance Festival (pardon the sunglasses and facial hair!). It's still a work in progress, but I think it's a good start so far.