Loud tweeds

[McMurdo]

I was reading Richards thread on his new jacket here:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-argyll-97345/

It got me to thinking about loud tweeds, I have dabbled in louder than average tweeds before and thought instead of hijacking that thread I would start my own. So let's talk tweed Argyll jackets, what are your favourite tweeds on the louder side of things? A blue or green Lovat is a classic there is no doubt about that, I have both in my wardrobe, but what about a busier tweed or even a tartan jacket, which is your fav and would you post a photo?

I'll start with the Burns Check Argyll that I was lucky enough to find on eBay some years ago:



This photo below happens to be one of my favourite photos of me in Highland wear, this was taken at the Cambridge Ontario Highland Games years ago, I was there with my friend Nathan. They used this photo in the local newspaper and it was blown up very large indeed.



I absolutely love this jacket, it works well in the fall into the winter, not so great for the summer months as the tweed is thick but it does keep you warm in the elements and it makes a statement. I think it took me a while to gain the confidence to wear an Argyll with such a bold scheme but once I did it was liberating. I will say this is not everyone's cup of tea and it would not work as your only jacket, but if you have a collection, a bold tweed does have it's place.

[ThistleDown]

Both are obviously to your choice, Glenn, and wonderfully in keeping with all else you are wearing, including your two kilts.

I wonder, however, if you selected them such as they would contrast with your kilt?

I'm having a hard time to express how I feel about this, but:

a) I find the 'loud' value diminishing the tartan;
b) I wonder at the 'loud' value making a statement;'
c) I question the 'statement' becoming an accepted value.

In Highland culture we tend to more adopt what one wears as acceptable, without question.

[Jock Scot]

Both are obviously to your choice, Glenn, and wonderfully in keeping with all else you are wearing, including your two kilts.

I wonder, however, if you selected them such as they would contrast with your kilt?

I'm having a hard time to express how I feel about this, but:

a) I find the 'loud' value diminishing the tartan;
b) I wonder at the 'loud' value making a statement;'
c) I question the 'statement' becoming an accepted value.

In Highland culture we tend to more adopt what one wears as acceptable, without question.

I quite agree Rex, it is difficult to put into words what needs to be said and what you have said above is an exceedingly good attempt.

I love tweed and in the right context, I love loud tweed. I have spent much of my life surrounded by tweed, but it did not take me long to work out that some tweeds, particularly loud tweeds, do not mesh well with tartan. There are one or two rare exceptions though, but in my experience they are few.

[ThistleDown]

I quite agree Rex, it is difficult to put into words what needs to be said and what you have said above is an exceedingly good attempt.

I love tweed and in the right context, I love loud tweed. I have spent much of my life surrounded by tweed, but it did not take me long to work out that some tweeds, particularly loud tweeds, do not mesh well with tartan. There are one or two rare exceptions though, but in my experience they are few.

Once again, we agree and understand. Tweeds, as we know them, are our country life -- and are appropriate to our life-style.

We live with tartans, too -- generally speaking, Clan-related, but sometimes regional -- not the same. ?

[Jock Scot]

Yes absolutely, not the same. On reflection, I think "Estate Tweeds" are sometimes as jealously guarded----if not more so ------than Clan tartans.

[gsmacleod]

I've only got one louder tweed but I really enjoy it on some occasions.

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Shane

[Troglodyte]

I was reading Richards thread on his new jacket here:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-argyll-97345/

It got me to thinking about loud tweeds, I have dabbled in louder than average tweeds before and thought instead of hijacking that thread I would start my own. So let's talk tweed Argyll jackets, what are your favourite tweeds on the louder side of things? A blue or green Lovat is a classic there is no doubt about that, I have both in my wardrobe, but what about a busier tweed or even a tartan jacket, which is your fav and would you post a photo?

I'll start with the Burns Check Argyll that I was lucky enough to find on eBay some years ago:



This photo below happens to be one of my favourite photos of me in Highland wear, this was taken at the Cambridge Ontario Highland Games years ago, I was there with my friend Nathan. They used this photo in the local newspaper and it was blown up very large indeed.



I absolutely love this jacket, it works well in the fall into the winter, not so great for the summer months as the tweed is thick but it does keep you warm in the elements and it makes a statement. I think it took me a while to gain the confidence to wear an Argyll with such a bold scheme but once I did it was liberating. I will say this is not everyone's cup of tea and it would not work as your only jacket, but if you have a collection, a bold tweed does have it's place.

Loud..?

Surely not. The volume can be turned up quite a few notches before it unsettles the natives and frightens the horses.

Set against the rather somber tones of the Black Watch kilt, which produces a pleasant background hum for the melody of the Burns check, it plays a sweet tune to my ears.

But here is something we all may have seen before, which shows a fair tradtition of such tweed-and-tartan ensembles -

Vintage kilt & tweeds.jpg

[McMurdo]

Loud..?

Surely not. The volume can be turned up quite a few notches before it unsettles the natives and frightens the horses.

Set against the rather somber tones of the Black Watch kilt, which produces a pleasant background hum for the melody of the Burns check, it plays a sweet tune to my ears.

But here is something we all may have seen before, which shows a fair tradtition of such tweed-and-tartan ensembles -

Vintage kilt & tweeds.jpg

This was the discourse I was expecting, thank you for your kind words and the example. The tartan in my second photo is Graham of Mentieth by the way, it is to my eye not busy so the Burns Check works well if you ask me. I may not wear it with the Royal Stewart, for example, but then again I may depending on my mood.

[FossilHunter]

This was the discourse I was expecting, thank you for your kind words and the example. The tartan in my second photo is Graham of Mentieth by the way, it is to my eye not busy so the Burns Check works well if you ask me. I may not wear it with the Royal Stewart, for example, but then again I may depending on my mood.

I much prefer the bottom tartan (graham) with that tweed pattern to the top one.

I’m not sure why. Perhaps the white tones down the contrast a wee bit? It may also be that the black watch is so dark that the pattern is less obvious and again increases the contrast between jacket and kilt.

I’ve always loved that photo of you and Nathan. Both your outfits are really well done there.

[OC Richard]

But here is something we all may have seen before, which shows a fair tradition of such tweed-and-tartan ensembles -

Vintage kilt & tweeds.jpg

That's one of my favourite images of Highland Dress, here's a larger image:



And the tradition goes back much further, here are four examples: