Question about choice of sporrans

[The Kilted Chef]

According to J. Charles Thompson in 'So You're Going To Wear The Kilt',

"For evening wear, the sporran must be fur and silver mounted. This is not going to look well with a sports jacket or even more informal outfits."

"The only sporran that will serve for all occasions is the fur sporran with the animal's head made into the flap that closes it."

"Plain leather for daywear."

And according to Thomas Gordon Mungall III in 'Wearing Highland Attire',

"The type of sporran selected should be appropriate for the occasion. The silver-mounted purse sporran should be reserved for the more formal occasions. Frequently, I have seen dress sporrans worn with daywear, which should not be done. Plain leather or animal masked sporrans are appropriate for daywear and, interestingly enough, the animal masked sporran is one of the few all-purpose sporrans that can be worn with the most formal dress or the most informal wear."

Does this mean that a plain leather sporran should only be worn during the daytime and only a fur silver cantle sporran should be worn in the evening,

or,

simply that the formality should dictate the choice of sporran, whether day or night?

Or am I just being anal...

Larry

[Alaskan]

I believe the term daywear means casual and the term evening wear means formal.

So yes, the level of the formality of the occasion should dictate the sporran day or night. You shouldn't wear a fur silver mounted sporran if you are going to bars in your kilt at night, but you should wear it to a wedding (asssuming it is a formal wedding) that takes place in the morning.

[highlandtide]

I think Alaskan hit the nail on the head...

[The Kilted Chef]

Kind of what I thought...

[Hamish]

I believe the term daywear means casual and the term evening wear means formal.

So yes, the level of the formality of the occasion should dictate the sporran day or night. You shouldn't wear a fur silver mounted sporran if you are going to bars in your kilt at night, but you should wear it to a wedding (asssuming it is a formal wedding) that takes place in the morning.

Spot on, Alaskan!

[bear]

I wear kilts as I please, without regard for past or present restrictions. That includes sporrans and any accessories I choose to add.
I prefer two matching kilt pins, one on either side of the apron. Today I wore a past and present Vancouver Canucks logo. Some days I wear silver dollars.
I wear day sporrans all the time. I didn't dress up or wear what others thought I should wear when I wore pants. I don't see why I should because I now wear kilts.

[Graham]

I think J. Charles Thompson's book is great but his views are more formal than I care to dress by.

I tend to be more casual than many, it's the way Australians are

Dress to the function or situation in whatever you feel comfortable with.
I only have two sporrans, one black one brown with matching belts.

The black one I wear more at night, the brown during the day, sometimes a 'bum' bag for work or hiking.
I personally have no place for a formal or even semi formal sporran.

[bubba]

I made a sporran out of latigo and fake fur. That's the one I wear most since it has more room. I also have a black leather sporran and a fanny pack. The leather sporran looks nice but lacks a bit in room and is a bit awkward since it's so stiff. The fanny pack I use with my denim kilts.

[phil h]

I wear kilts as I please, without regard for past or present restrictions. That includes sporrans and any accessories I choose to add.
I prefer two matching kilt pins, one on either side of the apron. Today I wore a past and present Vancouver Canucks logo. Some days I wear silver dollars.
I wear day sporrans all the time. I didn't dress up or wear what others thought I should wear when I wore pants. I don't see why I should because I now wear kilts.

amen to that one bear. wear what you want,I wore a black leather sporran with belt(no chain) to a day wedding. then a green cammo UK to the reception. most of the scots at the wedding put on a jacobite shirt and no sporran(eve). like I have said many times before, kilts are an evolving thing, and this guy who did the "you're going to wear kilt", many say he don't have much of a clue anyway. I have even seen scots at a wedding wear matching kilt and bow-tie, I quite like the look of matching tie and kilt, but most say it's a no-no. I have seen many scots dressed like that, was one exception, a guy in a bright blue and yellow kilt and matching tie,"oh my eyes" I have also seen full attire at two daytime weddings.
may I ask The Kilted Chef, where are you going that you may need full outfit anyway?

[Alaskan]

I think that for formal wear one should stick to the prescribed guidelines for kilt wear.
For casual I think anything goes, but one should know the rules before breaking the rules. It's one thing to break the rules because you don't agree with them or prefer a different look, it's something else to break the rules because you don't know the rules.
I think the kilt deserves respect and this respect is shown in learning the guidelines for kilt wear even if you don't follow them.