Hi everyone.. Everyone has been so friendly so far and I appreciate yall (can you tell I'm from Texas?) letting me into the fold.. So I guess I'll take a moment to ask my first question..

I'll be purchasing my husband's first kilt (looking as if its going to be one of Matt Newsome's 5yd in Campbell Modern) next month and he's currently looking at what accessories he would like to make his kit complete. I think the sporran is where we're having the most problem. I see there are formal, semiformal and casual sporrans available. For right now, he's looking for something he could wear out to places such as Renaissance festivals, Scottish festivals, and occasional date nights out. He is not planning at this time to purchase a Prince Charlie (although he said he most likely will later down the road) as we won't have functions he would wear it to - any special night out he is required to wear his military uniform. Which would be more appropriate for wearing to a Scottish festival, for example? He wants to wear the kilt proudly and properly, but he also doesn't want to look like a ostentatious peacock if a formal sporran would be too much for such an event.

Also, off topic, but - kilt pins.. from viewing some of the previous posts, it looks like pins are pretty much anything goes - BUT.... he's wanting a lizard pin (he runs an astronomy club called Chuckwalla observatory and the mascot is a lizard).. I'm sure the lizard is perfectly fine but almost all of the pins he actually likes is encrusted with rhinestones.. would be be okay going "sparkly" or would this be frowned upon? (I didn't see anyone who had sparkly pins hence why I asked).

Thanks ahead of time for your help