advice on accessories please

[sailortats]

I just received my saxe blue Robert Mackie balmoral. As you can see in the pic it is a beautiful vibrant shade of blue. I plan to wear this mostly with my Stewart Ancient Hunting kilt (see my avatar)
My question to the rabble is: what color of shirt and hose would look best with this as informal day wear? I will wear my black day sporran and black kilt belt and shoes. I admit I am in a quandry and need your help.

[Riverkilt]

You could try a khaki/tan shirt and hose letting the kilt tartan and the balmoral colors leap out from the neutral khaki/tan

[English Bloke]

Try not to match everything seems to be the authentic Scottish approach. Therefore, any colour that falls out of your drawer that morning. Honestly... Try it.

[JSFMACLJR]

Try not to match everything seems to be the authentic Scottish approach. Therefore, any colour that falls out of your drawer that morning. Honestly... Try it.

Exactly.

[Spartan Tartan]

White, blue, yellow, perhaps pink...honestly, anything is going to "go" with your avatar tartan.

[Mickey]

It was hard, but I finally fell into the Scottish fashion of just putting on whatever is clean at the moment and putting on my maroon balmoral with no regard to whether it was color coordinated to anything else I was wearing.

It's hard. Very hard. But it seems to work.

[unixken]

It was hard, but I finally fell into the Scottish fashion of just putting on whatever is clean at the moment and putting on my maroon balmoral with no regard to whether it was color coordinated to anything else I was wearing.

I once described my non-kilting sense of fashion, to my brother, as: "Do these pants fit? Is this shirt clean? Alrighty then!"

[MacMillans son]

I think this takes us back to the "Too Traditional" thread of a couple of weeks ago Phil. What I learned there was that "traditional" has a very wide definition that allows for much personal interpretation or flair. If you are more comfortable in your region of the world, or by personal preference, with colors that are somewhat related to each other in an outfit then, by all means, follow your comfort level. The extreme in either direction would be that nothing is related at all relative to color and or pattern, and the other is that everything matches. I prefer that colors are somewhere in the same family relative to warm or cold colors or shades, and/or component colors (yellow goes with blue and green tartans because it is mixed with the blue to get green). After a few short years of kilt wearing this now comes pretty naturally to me, so I don't spend much time looking at what I wear, but I do spend some time, and I'm OK with that. I am confident that I am not too far in my comfort zone to be considered non-traditional.

Early on, it was suggested to me that HRH Prince Charles, was a great example of how to wear the kilt,, and that we would be wise to use him as an example of "how it is done". I have tried to follow that advise. I have not seen any photos of him wearing a plethora of colors and patterns that are not somewhat related. His kilt wear is clearly not an example of the hodge podge throw on what ever falls out of the closet approach. For what it's worth, it is my understanding that the"nothing matches" look is one born of economic necessity of a somewhat impoverished people who did not have too many options to choose from. Fortunately, I/we are not in that position.

Sorry, that was a bit more than you asked. To your question, I think a light yellow shirt and claret hose (a minor color stripe in that tartan), or yellow hose for my previous stated reason (though not paired with the yellow shirt) or blue/green hose of a shade not in the kilt would look great!

[SlackerDrummer]

When you put on a ball cap, do you coordinate your outfit with it? Nope. With few exceptions, a hat is a hat is a hat.

[MacMillans son]

When you put on a ball cap, do you coordinate your outfit with it? Nope. With few exceptions, a hat is a hat is a hat.

I would agree, a hat is an accessory not a central part of an outfit. I guess I was referring to the kilt and the concept of coordinating vs. not coordinating. However, if I had more than one hat I would definitely choose one that was somewhat coordinated with the outfit I was wearing vs. one that was not. Or, if I knew I were to have only one hat I would purchase one that was a pretty neutral color so that coordination was less of an issue. Again, just a matter of personal preference and style.