Casual shirts with kilts

[fjordhammer]

Hello all,

The summers get so hot and humid around the Great Lakes, that I can't bear a long sleeved shirt. Unfortunately, I can't bear to look like an abomination either, so: what options do we have?

A t-shirt is certainly acceptable when competing in the Highland Games, but is it too casual for, say, going out to TGIFriday's or the town festival?

How about a solid color polo shirt? My thought here is that the presence of a collar would make it more acceptable. Or would that look lame?

[PiobBear]

Polo shirts work fine; you can even get some with embroidered clan badges on them.

[Carolina Kiltman]

Polo shirts work fine; you can even get some with embroidered clan badges on them.

PioBear beat me to it. Here in the Sandhills of NC, it gets so hot that the robins use hot holders when pulling the worms out of the ground. A very common shirt is the Golf shirt with the clan badge on it. Also "T" shirts. I generally wear a light cotton Gillie shirt (after having over a dozen skin cancers peeled off, I don't wear short sleeved shirts much any more.)

[sirdaniel1975]

You can wear a t-shirt if you like. A kilt is a garment of clothing not a costume. Personally, I prefer to wear short sleeved collared shirts with my kilts. Either a polo or a button up. I went out with my brother one night and we where in our Gunn kilts and he looked at me and said, "You look dressy." I really wasn't, just a nice casual.

[JRB]

I think polo shirts and henleys are perfect for the casual kilted look. A safari style button down shirt looks awesome as well.

[RobertParker]

Just wear whatever you would normally wear for casual wear. I like the safari shirts too, and t-shirts. But I wear them with jeans and stuff, too. Just make sure the color of your shirt works with the kilt.

[TheRowdyScotsman]

Just wear whatever you would normally wear for casual wear. I like the safari shirts too, and t-shirts. But I wear them with jeans and stuff, too. Just make sure the color of your shirt works with the kilt.

This is the exact approach I take... I try to find a shirt color that works with my Tartan and I base my choice on the occasion. I'll put on a button down for more formal events and a good-old T-shirt when I'm feeling lazy or just feel like going casual.

I've sported long sleeve black jerseys and Black T's with my Great Kilt too. Then at other times I've gone full-on time period.

[Nick the DSM]

dude, I wear Van Halen, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Slayer and bunch of other t shirts with it. you dont have to be formal or wear long sleeved shirts if you dont want to.

[ghostlight]

I usually save the t-shirts for home. When I'm out to dinner, I generally wear a long-sleeved henley or a button-down dress shirt depending on the place.

[Mr. MacDougall]

I'll echo what's already been said... the kilt is a garment, not a costume. Wear what you think works. I've been known to wear black t-shirts with my black stewart tartan kilt, and in my eye, it's a very casual, comfortable look.