I’m looking at making/buying a gentleman’s costume that I can wear for various Victorian-ish era games, including Western. I’m thinking a frock coat, shirt, waistcoat, and trousers would be fairly generic. Then I can accessories with different hats or neck ties depending on the occasion. Maybe an invertible waistcost, dark on one side and coloured/patterned on the other.
Any advice on the cheap procurement or creation of such a costume? Free patterns off the internet? Suitable fabirc? Buying near-enough parts of the costume second hand?