Critique my Summer Kilt Wear II

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Again, only my silly opinion...but you did ask

Good on ya for the courage seek input.

Yes, I did ask and I appreciate all the feedback! A discussion based around a specific example is very helpful for me and I hope others find value in this as well

My outfit was actually not too carefully considered, because I ran out of time... too focused on cleaning and polishing my steel toe Doc Martens, which appear to have passed enough muster to avoid offending anyone's eye

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Onother observation, again purely personal. Charcoal socks. Nothing wrong with them at all... Some people hate Black socks, fine... some people hate white socks, fine... My personal bug is charcoal socks and for the life of me I couldn't work out why till it dawned on me I used to wear them in school... with shorts. They will always look like schoolboy socks to me. Sozz!

My lass says the same thing about grey pants and maroon sweaters

Just a suggestion... if one were to desire to wear a waistcoat with a short sleeved shirt such as that, try a waistcoat without the Argyle pocket flaps, and leave the waistcoat open. It will have more of a casual look that I think would "jive" better with the short sleeved shirt.

I hadn't ever considered leaving a waistcoat unbuttoned but I think you're right that it would help to make it more casual. Didn't realize that scalloped pocket flaps were considered dressy, especially in tweed with horn buttons... learn something new all the time around here!

Oh to have a summer day of 84 degrees!

I would ditch the vest and switch to yellow garters.

Yes, 84 degrees was not too bad... this week it went up to a record setting 118 degrees (48 Celsius)!

As for the yellow garter ties, MoR had the same suggestion on a different thread... I have them on order with a friend who knits. She had a new baby not too long ago, so my garters are on the back burner for her.

I thought you looked fine. Perhaps if you post a picture of the pair of us you'll look even better in comparison.

At a place like Graffiti's I'm sure few would know the difference, eh?

Here are the two of us together to illustrate a contrast in approaches: