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    Back to colour matching, I used to be the matchy-matchiest person on earth...



    I was working at a Highland Outfitter at the time and could get anything I wanted from House of Edgar at cost.

    Seeing that bonnets came in limited colours, but that kilt jackets could be ordered in a wide range of fabrics, I started off with a Lovat Blue bonnet, then went through the swatches to find the closest-matching cloth and ordered the Argyll jacket & waistcoat. I also found matching hose.

    Oh, and I found a necktie, made flashes, and made that bagcover all exactly matching not only each other but the claret stripes in the kilt (muted MacDonald from HOE).

    At that time (1980s) I thought that having everything match was the pinnacle of coolness. Oi oi! Today I would do the opposite and try to get things clashing, zinging off each other.

    BTW all of our red/green tartans are based upon complimentary colours.
    Last edited by OC Richard; 20th November 13 at 06:37 AM.
    Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte

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