Newbie: San Francisco Bay Area

**Chas** · 10th August 10, 02:17 AM

Hello Dale,

Welcome to XMarks from the other side of the world in Norfolk, England.

Regards

Chas

**Mike_Oettle** · 10th August 10, 04:21 AM

Hi, Dale, and welcome from the bottom end of Africa.
Having already replied to at least one of your posts, it feels to me as if you are a native already!
Regards,
Mike

**KFCarter** · 10th August 10, 05:05 AM

Hello and welcome from Savannah, GA.

**McFarkus** · 10th August 10, 06:37 AM

from Chicago

**Dale Seago** · 10th August 10, 07:40 AM

Originally Posted by Bigkahuna

Would you be so kind as to tell us what your uniform is in your Avatar??

It's not a uniform per se, but an ensemble I put together with the help of someone who did reconstruction of early-to-mid-1700s Highland attire (for the jacket and waistcoat). I have a full-length photo linked here. I decided I wanted solid colors and went for a navy-blue wool Highland jacket, with dove-grey cuffs to complement the dove-grey wool waistcoat. I'm wearing a fall-collar linen shirt (single button, at the throat), linen neck stock, "flat" knit wool blue bonnet from TartanWeb. A concession to modernity is the sett of the belted plaid, which is medium weight double-width Douglas Modern tartan yardage from Lochcarron, 4.5 yards long.

That photo was taken the day we were shooting illustrations for this book -- that's me on the cover, being mugged for my nice shoes by one of my own blackguard black belts. :-)

**mrtackytn** · 10th August 10, 08:47 AM

Welcome to X-Marks - from Music City, USA - Nashville, TN !!

**Dale Seago** · 10th August 10, 08:49 AM

Oh: It may look like the jacket has military-style lapels, but it doesn't. Actually it buttons to the throat exactly as the waistcoat does; but it's lined in the same grey wool as the waistcoat & cuff, and I'm just leaving it unbuttoned.

I've worn the jacket & waistcoat with modern kilt, with the addition of a black lace jabot and full-mask Silver Fox sporran, to things like Burns Dinners. Rather than thinking it anachronistic or costumey, folks simply thought it a very uniquely formal look.