Globe and Mail style expert gives kilt advice

[CMcG]

I guess if one asks a style writer for an opinion, they will get an ear full, eh? I wonder if the author wears a kilt?

The advice is... interesting. The one thing I take issue with is this:

"kilts can easily be paired with casual shirts and jackets. Treat them as any other piece of clothing."

Dressing the kilt as though it were a regular part of a man's wardrobe and not a costume is good advice. Wearing a jacket that is too long and doesn't have a sporran cutaway just looks sloppy and covers up too much of the kilt!

[Paul Henry]

I guess if one asks a style writer for an opinion, they will get an ear full, eh? I wonder if the author wears a kilt?

The advice is... interesting. The one thing I take issue with is this:

"kilts can easily be paired with casual shirts and jackets. Treat them as any other piece of clothing."

Dressing the kilt as though it were a regular part of a man's wardrobe and not a costume is good advice. Wearing a jacket that is too long and doesn't have a sporran cutaway just looks sloppy and covers up too much of the kilt!

I don't agree, I think many of us treat a kilt as another piece of clothing,I take the point about jackets that are too long,but there are many jackets that are short enough, but teaming up a kilt with casual shirts is very much a mainstay of many of the forum members.

[CMcG]

I don't agree, I think many of us treat a kilt as another piece of clothing,I take the point about jackets that are too long,but there are many jackets that are short enough, but teaming up a kilt with casual shirts is very much a mainstay of many of the forum members.

It doesn't seem that we disagree... I'm all in favour of people wearing the kilt as another piece of clothing if they so choose.

My problem with the advice is that it failed to give the caveat that not just any old jacket looks good with the type of kilt the author is advocating. For example, neither a regular 3/4 length leather jacket or a sports coat would work too well. There are, of course, many options in non-kilt oriented jackets that could work but the author didn't specify what to look for...

[artificer]

I have several jackets of the light autumn type that fall right at the hip (perfect for a kilt and sporran) as well as a leather jacket in the "classic biker" cut which does the same.

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[Jordan]

The usage in this case is unclear.

Grommet:

Now I've seen the photos the first one makes sence, I always thought the earrings were called spacers or some such and of course I hadn't thought of Grommit.

I guess if one asks a style writer for an opinion, they will get an ear full, eh? I wonder if the author wears a kilt?

The advice is... interesting. The one thing I take issue with is this:

"kilts can easily be paired with casual shirts and jackets. Treat them as any other piece of clothing."

Dressing the kilt as though it were a regular part of a man's wardrobe and not a costume is good advice. Wearing a jacket that is too long and doesn't have a sporran cutaway just looks sloppy and covers up too much of the kilt!

I thought when I read that that the original author had been meaning a leather jacket or another type of coat rather than a suit jacket of any veraity(sp?).

my opinion is that a jacket doesn't always have to be specifically for a kilt to be worn as such, I have a leather jacket I wear with my kilts it's not cut for a kilt but still looks good.

Just my tuppence.