Some pictures (finally) and observations

[Troy]

Troy,


A question for you: if you wear the Cornish National casually (and I hope you do), do you have difficulty in co-ordinating shirts, hose, etc. with it? Because of the black content in the tartan, brown leather accessories just do not work. Beige shirts and hose, which I normally advocate for almost any tartan, do not hack it either. I find myself keeping this kilt for more formal occasions where black and white are more fitting.

When going casual, I usually opt for a plain black or plain white T-shirt, or black long-sleeved jersey top. I've also got a few 'beer' T-shirts, such as 'Guinness' & 'James Squire' which seem to work well.

I wore a black polo shirt to the ANZAC Day Dawn Service this year, and I think it looked neat enough without being too dressy. A black dress shirt does a similar job also. In fact, I wore the kilt with a black shirt, off-white hose, sgian dubh, and black suede brothel creepers to my mate's son's christening and it seemed to work a treat.

I have a very dark charcoal coloured Aran that I think looks great for winter wear also.

My casual footwear is usually black Doc Martens and scrunched-down hose.

I pretty much agree that black and/or white are the best colour options - I wouldn't dream of brown footwear or sporran - but I'm sure it would be possible to co-ordinate with some of the other colours in the tartan.

Cheers,

Troy