Too Traditional?

[CMcG]

Contemporary does not have to mean "overly casual" and frankly I have seen a few contemporary kits that dress up rather nicely. One can dress in a contemporary style and still be quite smart looking [some of 21st Century Kilts offerings come to mind]. I have a made to measure jacket on order, mandarin collar, corduroy fabric, modern cut, it will be quite nice and more fitting for my locale.

I realize this is the THCD forum: I take cues from this forum, but the suggestion that contemporary means "overly casual" is silly. And I do realize that you were tongue in cheek somewhat [with the ]

Rondo

Yes, my comment about the Contemporary sub-forum was meant to be a bit tongue in cheek and also a bit sarcastic. Nonetheless, much of the discussion in that forum is overly casual when measured by the standards of THCD. If one wants to discuss wearing a tee shirt and flip flops with their kilt, the Contemporary sub-forum is the place to do it. Sure, modern kilts can -- and do -- get dressed up and people can -- and do -- wear traditional kilts in a contemporary way that is also dressy. But I think the Contemporary sub-forum tends to follow the trend of the last hundred years towards increasing informality of attire versus adhering to more traditional categories like day wear, morning dress, black tie formal, etc.

I look forward to seeing your new jacket over on THAT part of Xmarks