Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
I think we need to remember that "off the peg" jackets with a standardized description name for a particular style is a modern idea. In those days, bespoke jackets were the norm,or an adaptation of a second hand jacket that came into the hands of the piper's family. In those days,don't forget, every home would have a more than average seamstress on hand as a matter of necessity,so an individual styled jacket was almost inevitable.
Nevertheless, I above gave a photo of a catalogue of the same period from which many of my photos come which have off the peg jackets in four styles.

I have dozens of photos of this same style. It was obviously quite commonly available, in fact nearly universal, a situation quite the reverse of the bespoke/individually styled/home-sewn one you mention.