Is this Sporran too formal for daily/casual wear?

**SimplyStuart** · 20th September 16, 05:49 PM

also any thoughts on jacket vs no jacket?

http://imgur.com/a/w6SN8

**ShaunMaxwell** · 20th September 16, 06:46 PM

In a word, yes. You might consider getting a nice leather sporran for daywear.

**Tarheel** · 20th September 16, 07:09 PM

I agree with Shaun that it is great for parties and events but not to knock around the street in. Great sporran to have for special times.

**davidlpope** · 21st September 16, 06:02 AM

Yes.

Nice, simple, vintage leather day sporrans may be had on Ebay for a very reasonable price if one is patient.

**ShaunMaxwell** · 21st September 16, 08:20 AM

Originally Posted by davidlpope

Yes.

Nice, simple, vintage leather day sporrans may be had on Ebay for a very reasonable price if one is patient.

I concur... I got this nice McRostie sporran (as favored by Jock Scot!) on eBay for a song! Keep your eyes peeled... Nice stuff comes up frequently!

**Panache** · 21st September 16, 05:36 PM

That is a formal sporran.

Great with a dress shirt and tie...not so great in other situations

Cheers

Jamie

**Father Bill** · 21st September 16, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by ShaunMaxwell

I concur... I got this nice McRostie sporran (as favored by Jock Scot!) on eBay for a song! Keep your eyes peeled... Nice stuff comes up frequently!

Well darn you anyway, Shaun - it's identical to mine and I had to pay a whole darned opera for it, not a song!

**OC Richard** · 27th September 16, 05:42 AM

Since this is the Traditional forum, yes traditionally a sporran is worn with the kilt regardless of the formality of the event. This is for a simple practical reason: a kilt has no pockets!

The sporran in the OP's link is an Evening Dress sporran.

As I've pointed out, Highland Dress was more free/loose in the 19th century but in the early years of the 20th century sorted itself into two clear-cut modes, Day Dress and Evening Dress. Highland Dress hasn't yet gone through another such transformation since that time. Perhaps it's about to do so now, who knows.

So for Day Dress (which I suppose could be called 'informal dress') certain sorts of sporrans have been worn over the last 100 years or so: fairly simple pocketlike leather things. From the get-go these sometimes had fur fronts, but this didn't change their role as being ordinary Day sporrans.

Evening Dress sporrans, over the last 100 years, have been the same small pocketlike things, but usually done in sealskin, and with a semicircular silver cantle (top).

About the leather jacket, it falls outside traditional Highland Dress.

Here's the Day/Evening dichotomy in a nutshell, from 1930. Nothing has changed much, since that time. If you go to a Highland Games in the Highlands today you'll see men dressed like the man at right, if you go to an Evening event in the Highlands today you'll see men dressed like the other two, more or less. (They probably wouldn't be wearing the plaids, nowadays.)

**Piobair** · 14th October 16, 10:49 AM

As said above - that's a formal sporran. Get a hunting sporran if you want a little pizazz (not with the cantle though - ugh), or a basic brown or black three tasseled sporran (or even a plain one).

And pull your kilt up!

**tpa** · 14th October 16, 03:05 PM

In my opinion, jacket is fine if you need it outdoors, but both sporran and belt are more formal than I would wear casually. There are lots of examples of good casual kilt wear on this site, just search around. I could add to them, but I tend to be more casual than many would consider correct, so just look for images with plain sporrans and belts.