Did I buy the ugliest kilt on the planet?

**Me cousin Jack** · 28th February 18, 09:53 PM

I’ve never met a tartan I didnt like

**McMurdo** · 28th February 18, 09:53 PM

I love the palette of the muted Gunn tartan and think all the hose you've shown would work just fine. My go to hose colour however would be Claret. As for an Argyll jacket a Lovat Green or Blue would work just fine but I would most likely wear my Brown Argyll with this tartan.

**KiltedSergeant** · 28th February 18, 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by tokareva

This was my first real kilt, I wanted the Gun tartan because my ggrandmother was a Johnson. I know its probably pure fantasy that there is any connection to the Clan Gunn but that's what I was told I could wear years ago and it stuck.

Where the mistake was made was not getting the modern or ancient tartan,or even the weathered. I was afraid the pastel colors wouldn't be easy to match and the dark is nice but seemed a little plain I guess. So for some crazy reason I chose the muted, I can't find anything that looks right or good with this kilt ,not even socks. The idea of the muted tartan came from the pic of the chief,he looks OK...but I don't want to look like a leprechaun all the time.

Is there any way to make this kilt look better?

I completely disagree. I think that's a fine looking tartan, and goes well with any of those hose, though I agree with OC Richard that the Bison colored hose go particularly well. You're over thinking this, and looking too hard at the kilt thinking it's ugly when it's not. Use some of the suggestions here in this thread, and come up with some of your own color combination ideas, and you'll look great in that kilt.

**Pleater** · 1st March 18, 07:21 AM

I am just putting a burgundy warp on my loom and I thought - burgundy would go with that.
The tartan colours are a bit cold, and the burgundy is a rich warm colour which would add a bit of a zing to the outfit without getting overly intrusive.

There is a leather colour called ox-blood which might also prove useful - but with neutral hose.

**Jumpmonkey** · 1st March 18, 07:52 AM

It looks good to my eyes. To me any of those hose, excepting the blue on the far right, would look fine with your kilt. Wear it in good health!

**MacKenzie** · 1st March 18, 08:33 AM

A fine looking tartan.

Good choice in the pleating to the red stripe.

Originally Posted by OC Richard

Personally the two colours I would avoid are the tartan's two main ground-colours, those specific shades of green and blue.

Of the various hose you have in that photo my favourite is the taupe (what Cheviot calls "Bison") for the very reason that the tartan lacks that colour.

About avoiding the kilts' main ground-colours, there's an optical effect that happens when you juxtapose a jacket hose etc of one of a kilt's main ground-colours upon the kilt: that colour is diminished in the kilt, drained out of the kilt, making the kilt look more muted and dull.

The opposite effect, intensifying one of the kilt's colours, happens when you juxtapose something of a colour brighter/more intense and shifted one way or the other around the colour-wheel.

I subscribe to this also. Let the kilt stand on it's own. Don't try to blend it with the rest of your attire.

The only thing I would also suggest is to try either claret or tartan red hose to pick up the red stripe in the kilt, as that's not one of the kilt's main colors. I'm not sure from the photo, but it looks like tartan red would be the better choice.

**Mike S** · 1st March 18, 09:19 AM

I love your muted Gunn tartan! And this is coming from someone with Sutherland and Sinclair ancestry. ;)

**Taskr** · 1st March 18, 02:01 PM

If the pics are a selection of accessories and you outfitted, I'm not sure what your concern is. Looks smashing!

**tokareva** · 1st March 18, 02:40 PM

Just to be clear folks, this is not me...I don't even know who it is. I just know its someone wearing a very unattractive kilt that looks a lot like mine.I agree that everything looks smashing...except the kilt.

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**Bruce Scott** · 1st March 18, 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by tokareva

Just to be clear folks, this is not me...I don't even know who it is. I just know its someone wearing a very unattractive kilt that looks a lot like mine.I agree that everything looks smashing...except the kilt.

He is Iain Alexander Gunn of Banniskirk, Chief of Clan Gunn.

http://www.scotclans.com/a-new-chief...ter-230-years/