Prince Charlie alternatives

[Panache]

...Hmm, ought it to be velvet? I think someone has posted pix of a handsome blue velvet one...

Imagine a rich royal blue velvet montrose with an XMTS tartan kilt!

(I certainly have!)

Cheers

Jamie

[Bugbear]

Imagine a rich royal blue velvet montrose with an XMTS tartan kilt!

(I certainly have!)

Cheers

Jamie

Stop it!! Just stop it!!

With brass instead of silver?

[Bugbear]

Ya... I'll admit that I have a thing for velvet too. But only if it is good velvet.

[DTrain]

Disclaimer: I have never seen a real live doublet, only in photos. I don't have one.

In the last photo of the Kenmore, the belt is worn over and outside the doublet. Is that correct? The Montrose is pictured with a belt, but I thought that shouldn't wear a belt with formal wear? Or is it that one shouldn't wear a belt with a vest, such as a regulation doublet or PC?

[McMurdo]

Disclaimer: I have never seen a real live doublet, only in photos. I don't have one.

In the last photo of the Kenmore, the belt is worn over and outside the doublet. Is that correct? The Montrose is pictured with a belt, but I thought that shouldn't wear a belt with formal wear? Or is it that one shouldn't wear a belt with a vest, such as a regulation doublet or PC?

The Montrose is worn with the belt on the outside, there are belt loops for that purpose. As for the belt you do not wear a belt with a waistcoat.

[Finn]

Traditional Gentlemen~ I'm sorry, but the lace kills me! Maybe I'm insecure, maybe I just don't care for lace. The jackets are gorgeous, though.

[bunchdescendant]

Regulation Doublet

(That's only because there was no 'Black Argyll w/ waistcoat' option)

Ray

[Sir William]

Traditional Gentlemen~ I'm sorry, but the lace kills me! Maybe I'm insecure, maybe I just don't care for lace. The jackets are gorgeous, though.

I would strongly recommend wearing the jabot and cuffs. Like the kilt, the ladies like them - though I've heard more than one express a certain amount of jealousy since the effect of the entire formal outfit detracts from anything the ladies are able to wear.

[Phil]

I voted for the Sheriffmuir, mainly because I think it is the most practical and versatile of the doublets -


and it is also the most "forgiving" when it comes to an expanding waistline (like mine).
It also looks OK "dressed-down" a bit if you don't want the whole lacey jabot and cuffs look and don't stretch to a waistcoat just yet here it is with a bow tie -



My next favourite is the Kenmore (my tailors call this a Montrose) in blue velvet and can be worn with a jabot or a bow tie like this -



and finally my least favourite is the Montrose. This is mine in green velvet. It is a most unforgiving jacket, can't be worn unbuttoned and if you could see the lining after many years of sweating in it you would realise why. Of course it was designed to be worn before the days of central heating -



I don't like the lace cuffs, just as a personal thing. I find them fussy and a nuisance, liable to catch on things such as buttons and jewellery, and prone to dipping into soup and whatever else you are eating.

This is the Kenmore once again, this time with a jabot -


I prefer to wear the belt underneath it to save the velvet from damage.

[Highlander31]

I prefer a pc to a doublet. If I had to choose a doublet, it would be the Regulation doublet.