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Kilt suits were done with different types of tops, both jackets and blouse-type tops. Many of the jackets look very similar to the suit coat jacketrs worn with knee pants. We are less sure about the blouse-like tops. That is a subject we are still working on. Some from all appearances could be worn with knee pants as well as kilt-skits. I am not sure such interchangeability was a conscious matter and that the transition actually occurred, but it seems very likely as a jacket was a relatively expensive item. Not all of these tops were interchangeable. Some were made specuifically for kilt suits and were not worn with knee pants. We see a variety of styles done as exclusively as kilt suit jackets. Thge styling is very destinctive. They might be jackets done to lengths that apprpach the kilt-skirt hem seen on the previous page. Or they might be done with what look like tabs or square/rectangular segments of fabric extending down before the waistline (figure 1). These jackets were not very common, but we have found a number of them. We have not noted these jackets being worn with knee pants.
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