Northumberland tartan - two combinations

[Glen]

Day wear...

reduced day.jpg

Formal...

comb formal.jpg

Thoughts, comments, suggestions....

[Taskr]

Looking quite sharp, IMHO

[Liam]

Glen, since you asked, I would go with a less formal sporran for day wear, something like the hunting sporran without the chrome cantle. I would also go with plain hose, perhaps in maroon to add a bit more colour, perhaps with a tie that has a maroon stripe. The neutral colour of the kilt and waist coat, allows for all sorts of combinations of hose, flashes and shirts. I prefer the light grey jacket.
The skunk dress sporran goes well with the formal outfit.
Great looking kilt and waist coats btw.

[Glen]

Stopped by the local Scottish shop today to see about a simple black sporran, but alas, the store is closed on Mondays. (Have a brown for day use with the BW kilt)

With my anatomy, I have found custom hose to be very comfortable, compared to regular produced hose thus will continue to wear for both day and formal usage. I have a pair of dusky pink, and although liking the colour, these hose, like all others, cause discomfort after a short period of wear. Perhaps the next custom hose may be pink for colour...

I like the grey and the skunk as well... ;)

[Dughlas mor]

My comment is that you look great in all the photos.

[OC Richard]

I like the contrast of the plain-ish dark Argyll jacket.

The kilt and waistcoat set up a wide swath of mid-grey (blended by the eye at distance) and my eye wants to see some contrast. I can see wearing a black jacket and black hose to set off the rest.

But I love colour! And I'm not a big fan of all-black, all-grey, all-white, or all grey-tone outfits. My eye wants to see colour there somehow.

What about this concept: black jacket and red waistcoat? I'd like to see what it looks like. With that, I suppose the hose could be red or black, or red & black diced hose.

Another thing that comes to mind is a deep royal blue jacket and red hose. Anything with contrast to set the kilt off and make it zing.

In these pictures the rest of the outfits are dark, letting the tartan show up nicely

[The Q]

That second picture has a remarkable resemblance to Alnwick,, I've spent many a time in the Copper Kettle for a sandwich and coffee or the Dirty bottles for a pint. I take it that is a picture of Alnwick fair.

[Jock Scot]

As you are asking. Yes, a plain black sporran would be an asset. I do think that the outfits are looking rather anaemic and could do with some colour! Have you a Regimental/Unit tie, by any chance? A red waist coat for evening wear perhaps? Whilst I can understand the custom hose thinking, but grey tones? Well alright if thats what you like, but if were me I think coloured hose would help the overall look no end.

[OC Richard]

Yes for the purposes of outfit-building that kilt is grey, and I would treat it the same as if it were a kilt of plain selfcoloured grey.

Black/red/grey works great, you see that combination everywhere!



This sort of thing is what my mind's eye saw when I was thinking about a black jacket and red waistcoat with that kilt.

That combination is widely used in fabrics, interior decorating, etc.

Grey can work with a wide variety of colours! So there's virtually no limit to the number of nice outfits which could be put together.

The Guinness marketers like grey and yellow, like this



and grey and blue is widely used



Now why am I posting photos of fashion? For the purposes of colour design it doesn't matter what the subject is. It could be home interiors, or fabrics, or sports teams uniforms, or anything whatever. Colour is colour.

What I wouldn't do myself is to make everything else matching grey, which would be like wearing a grey suit with a grey shirt and grey tie.

[Glen]

Whilst I can understand the custom hose thinking, but grey tones? Well alright if thats what you like, but if were me I think coloured hose would help the overall look no end.

The person who has to look at me doesn't like the bright hose, thus the greys.



I like the dusky pink colour, and that may be somewhat acceptable to the one that seams to like me...



I will have to gift away all the other hose now that I have found the comfort with the custom hose.

I do think that the outfits are looking rather anaemic and could do with some colour! Have you a Regimental/Unit tie, by any chance?

And lots of regimental and college tie choices, but again the other... ;)

I was even thinking of a grey shirt... ;)