Traditional traditionalists?

[MacLowlife]

I am not trying to pick any fights- I hope to get some people thinking and some people ( maybe even the same ones) talking. I appreciate everyone's responses.

Paul Henry, I think some of your kilts are clearly on one side of the line and some are on the other. I would say a traditional kilt ought to be either wool or something made to look like wool. That lets out the very cool pink shimmery one and probably a striped denim one as well. The green Italian tweed? I am not sure how bright that green is. I do know that it is cool, though.

[Panache]

MacLowlife,

I don't think you are trying to pick any fights.* It is an interesting concept to try and figure out the line between "traditional" and "modern". Heck it is pretty hard to just try and define what "traditional" and "modern" are.

I just gave my best shot at trying to figure out two outfits that could be easily described as "kilt worn with a short sleeve shirt" and figure out what made one (in my eyes) traditional and the other modern. As I went through the elements it finally struck me that it wasn't one particular bit (or lack) of kit that made the outfit one way or the other. It was the overall look of all those elements together. Matt has a subtle classic military vibe going on while Brian has a hint of a modern duffer on the fairways to him.

It is interesting stuff to think and talk about, but that is what is fun about Fashion.

Cheers

Jamie



* Except that my shoes aren't just any old brown oxfords! Those shoes are authentic pointy metal tipped 1980s vintage swordfish skin Zodiacs!