I'll be attending a casual afternoon wedding here in Southern California in June. I'd like to wear a kilt because it seems comfortable & fun, and the bride has requested that the guests wear shades of green & blue. I'm a member of Clan Campbell, so needless to say, the Campbell Ancient tartan should fit right in. Full Disclosure: I'm not an experienced kilt wearer, I don't wear kilts everyday like many on this forum, and I don't have very many kilt accessories. As a matter of fact, at the moment, I have only 1 kilt - it is a USAK Casual in the Clan Campbell tartan. It's wonderful & I've worn it to compete in Highland Games, to festivals & out on St. Patrick's day, and maybe 1 other time to a pub. But I've never dressed it up with anything more formal than a t-shirt.

I've been lurking on xmarks for a couple of years, and it seems to me that kilts are easy to dress for the pub (t-shirt), easy to dress for formal events (duh!) & easy to wear when its cold & casual (just throw on a sweater). But my novice & inexperienced opinion is that dressing in a kilt for a casual event outdoors where its warm it a more difficult to pull off. People are very casual in Southern California beach communities. The attire at the wedding will probably be a mixture of khaki's or slacks with Polo shirts or Tommy Bahama shirts. I've seen the pictures of Hawaiian shirts with kilts - and that's just not going to work for me. I've tried polo shirts with my kilt before & the way the material gathers just makes it look a little sloppy with a traditional, high-wasted kilt, in my humble opinion.

So....my plan is to try to find a short sleeve shirt that is a bit more fitted so it will tuck-in properly, without gathering about the waist in a messy way.

There are also a few things I'm planning to do to "upgrade" the look of the outfit.

1) I'm planning on getting a new kilt: 5-yard, 16-oz wool, Campbell Ancient tartan. That's going to upgrade my look considerably over the Casual Kilt I have today.
2) I'll wear some type of brown or black dress shoe most likely. But not Gillies, I think that's too formal for this event.
3) I currently own a simple, black Day Sporran - I'll probably get a new sporran as well. Haven't decided whether to go with a Day Sporran, Semi-Formal or Hunting... Any opinions on this would be appreciated. The guiding factor would be I want something different than what I have today but also something that I can get a lot of use out of & wear to different types of events. I've been drooling over Artificer's sporrans....hopefully I can squeeze one into the budget...it will be tough.

The good news is that I have 5 months to pull my first "Real" kilt outfit together. Anyone have thoughts or opinions on my approach so far? Am I over-thinking things? Yes, probably

Thanks in Advance