NASCAR tartan?

[tundramanq]

Sure whatever you want. I tend to lean to the right anyway.... Maybe I'll walk straighter.

Bottom center might look like a hood ornament/grill logo? Maybe a custom license plate?

If asked I'll say it's the NASCAR tartan. Ought to lock'em up. Huh?
Got a MacPherson lives 4 doors down. Will see if he knows his clan tartans...

Dyeing a pair of Juzo socks red now and two pair yellow/gold later - got 3 kilts with a lot of red and 5 with yellow/gold stripes. Running out of dye colors - good, these compression socks are $17 a pair.

This is truely a rainbow colored tartan. It has all the colors except orange ( almost - where the yellow stripe crosses red at arms length ) and brown (which is dark yellow) and black and white. Neat!
No wonder it works for the NASCAR colors defined as using all the bright colors. ( I looked it up as there are a lot of bad prints and variations in the embroidered labels.) I bought two labels from different suppliers and waited till the kilt got here to pick one. Both look good on their own, but only one matches the kilt best.

[tundramanq]

Ready for the races:


USAK Casual.
Do you think red socks and top would be too much red?

Not as overkill as I expected.
Tomorrows experiment will be with yellow/gold socks and top. Yes, If I put it on good or bad, I'll wear it all day and see what friends and neighbors say. Pushed me into a few fashion directions outside my bias.



And if all else fails I have the Black Patagonia R2 fleece vest:

[James Hood]

Nascar is a colourful sport, anyway.

Are you going to put a big number on the front and back of the kilt?

Have fun. 'Betcha a drunk lady reaches for one (or more?) of your sporran tassels.

[tundramanq]

I think it would have to be velcroed the way drivers are changing teams and sponsers. My guy Mark Martin, now number 55, was number 5 and sponsered by Kellogg's and Carquest when I bought my last driver shirt.

Let's see - how to put a number on velcro on pleats......?

The tassels tug depends on how cute the lass is that does it.

[islandkilt]

ah yes... revolving doors and silly seasons in sports..

I splurged on my overpriced NFL Drew Brees jersey at a Chargers game, maybe two games before they traded him to New Orleans... but now I get to wear it twice as much!

[castledangerous]

ah yes... revolving doors and silly seasons in sports..

I splurged on my overpriced NFL Drew Brees jersey at a Chargers game, maybe two games before they traded him to New Orleans... but now I get to wear it twice as much!

To be pedantic for a moment, Brees went to NO as a free agent, not in a trade.

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

Ready for the races:


USAK Casual.
Do you think red socks and top would be too much red?

I would agree, I think that the red works great. Looks much better than I would have thought, although the hose look a bit pinkish. Think I saw a thread that you dye them yourself from compression socks, so maybe need another dunk in the dye, or maybe just the lighting.

[Chase]

I would contrast the top with a blue under shirt and red vest or stay with red shirt and wear the blue vest.

[tundramanq]

KCW - the socks did come out pinkish. Dylon has really cut back on their colors. This was called Tulip Red. Have found another dye brand - Tulip ( really- ) that is using pure colors. - I hope.

Chase - Will try it , sounds good. Wonder about the eye strain though. The same cells in the retina perceive both red and blue. Thats why it is real rare to see red on blue or blue on red in printing. The letters look jiggly. The eyes and brain go a bit nuts. Maybe the large areas won't create the issue.
Worth a shot:




The red over blue seems to dazzle the eyes here and live.

[tundramanq]

During the heat of summer I don't need the fleece vest. These Desoto Tri Jerseys are great for daily wear too. I have some that are heavily used over the years and still look new. New and old in blue, red, yellow and white with blue - I can't tell new from old - they wear well - very comfy. Stays cool in humid or dry - about the only tops where this happens for me. I snap a few up when the season changes on clearance from Desoto.


Next is redye of the red and yellow compression socks, using the Tulip brand dyes in primary colors. Dylon dosen't make the primary colors any more. No picture of the yellow socks - that bad - very light yellow - I need a darker goldish yellow as I have 5 kilts with thin golden yellow stripes.
I think matching minor colors of a kilt looks better than matching a major color and risk burying the rest of the colors and becoming a monotonous uniform look. Especially on this " full color spectrum" kilt.

White and light color hose seem more lively - the reason I am working that range. The trick will be to complement and not overshadow the tartan with the light colors.
Work to do on the socks.