Mixing Ancient and Modern

[Vegan Scot]

Due to my height (and extra-long torso) when I wear my custom length tweed Argyll and waistcoat with the kilt, there is enough visual separation of a tartan tie from the kilt that it is usually not as problematic as others here have stated concern for, although I still try to shy away from the practice and instead wear a small patterned tie with similar color scheme to the tartan in the kilt. I think a lot of it also depends on the "visibility" factor in the tartan in the kilt---the more visible the tartan the harder it is to hide the tartan tie--whereas some more subtle tartans can stay in the background as a tie even when the kilt is a prominent but also subtle presence in the overall outfit.

This is me a couple years ago in Ancient Douglas kilt and tie with Lovat Green Jacket and waistcoat, IMHO not that offensive due to the waistcoat adding to the separation between the tie and kilt and minimizing the amount of tie visible at all:

I ended up, due to lack of options, wearing the tartan tie with the kilt and I agree, because I also wore a waistcoat over the tie there was enough visual separation between the patterns that it wasn't overbearing at least. I'll still be looking around for a solid tie or two but for now I won't stress over the tie/kilt problem (especially considering what everyone else around me was wearing ).