Quote Originally Posted by mbhandy View Post
Now that made me LOL.
and short white shocks???????

MrBill
Well, it was the most obvious correlation I could come up with, where an item which is distinctly identified with the kilt were to be taken out of its original context and worn with some other type of clothing. Todd is correct that classic brogues and tall socks are worn with Bermuda shorts (and indeed this is a historical military uniform style); but the lace-up-the-leg ghillie brogues are typically not worn with anything but the kilt, and it would just look out of place when paired with anything else. I think traditional sporrans fall into the same category, although certainly there's wiggle room for wearing a non-traditional sporran as a belt pouch with trousers.

I have a distant non-kilt-wearing friend who wears a leather fanny-pack with his blue jeans (or camouflage BDU trousers, which is his usual choice). He wears it in the front, draped just below his trouser belt, with a quick-access zipper for carrying a concealed "item-which-shall-not-be-discussed-on-this-forum". Lots of men do this, and it's almost a dead giveaway as to what they're carrying in there. It looks a bit dorky to me, but it's not uncommon. Anyway, he refuses to call it a fanny-pack and prefers instead to call it his sporran. I've tried to gently dissuade him from using that term, as I am a bit embarrassed to have my traditional kilt sporran associated with that fashion monstrosity, but oh well! He continues in his fantasy that he's wearing a sporran instead of a leather fanny-pack.