over doing the bling?

[Mark E.]

OK I am keeping the pot boiling here-----not criticising-----but I do wonder if we have a cultural thing going here? I think so and I suppose it is almost inevitable.


You chaps new and fairly new to kilt wearing, in an environment that does not necessarily understand the finer points of kilt wearing and living in a more "up front" society seem to have the need to do "the peacock" bit. Particularly as it seems that the opportunity does not arise that often.

I wonder if I am getting a handle on this at last?

Maybe I mispoke and folk took me in the literal(I am still cringing at myself for mis-representing myself in an earlier post concerning my reasoning behind the request for photos of your own native land)...Quality over Quantity was my original intent, here... As far as for what a Scot would absolutely NOT DO (in response to the wearing of "certain things" to and with certain things)...Perhaps taking a step back and evaluating the "why" as well as the "if" of what we do is a sensible thing.

To be sure though, the gap in things, as far as "Big dealish". Most days I am a "business casual American". No bling, no flash-but in my (original)hometown, I come across as "dapper". I can imagine kilt wearers viewed here much in the same light as "cowboys" across the water. Indeed, many cultural attire choices are out of place, and due to such sensitivities, I have held to the last eras of my own familiy ties-which is quite a bit ago. I have not been in a black or white tie event of any sort, by chance or by choice. My class, current and past, have not given me opportunity for such things-and given that I tend to be painfully aware of my own shortcomings...If in the future such would come to pass, I would likely make a concious effort to not be overwhelming from any angle.