The Checkered/Diced Tie

[MacGumerait]

Patrick , I think the tie looks fine with the attire .


However , I do have one critique and I offer this in the most respectful way .


A regular suit jacket is not meant to be worn with a kilt as it drapes far too long and covers most of the kilt .


Cheers , Mike

[Jock Scot]

Patrick , I think the tie looks fine with the attire .


However , I do have one critique and I offer this in the most respectful way .


A regular suit jacket is not meant to be worn with a kilt as it drapes far too long and covers most of the kilt .


Cheers , Mike

I agree. However as this is the "Contemporary Kilt" section, then perhaps we must not be too critical about the finer points of kilt attire?

[Manu]

I agree. However as this is the "Contemporary Kilt" section, then perhaps we must not be too critical about the finer points of kilt attire?

I'd have to disagree with this statement Jock. I do not think contemporary necessarily equates sloppy. Here is an example of a contemporary style jacket, which in my opinion looks very sharp (minus the tartan tie) and would pass muster with any other more traditional styles. Steve offers and wears a similar style of contemporary jacket, and I'd argue that it is fine kilted attire.

[Jock Scot]

I'd have to disagree with this statement Jock. I do not think contemporary necessarily equates sloppy. Here is an example of a contemporary style jacket, which in my opinion looks very sharp (minus the tartan tie) and would pass muster with any other more traditional styles. Steve offers and wears a similar style of contemporary jacket, and I'd argue that it is fine kilted attire.

I would say that outfit in the picture---minus the tartan tie----fits the traditional definition pretty well.

[Manu]

I would say that outfit in the picture---minus the tartan tie----fits the traditional definition pretty well.

Really? Even though the jacket is not a traditional cut/style? In that case, never mind The boundaries of traditional kilted attire seem to stretch out farther than I originally assumed.

[Jock Scot]

Really? Even though the jacket is not a traditional cut/style? In that case, never mind The boundaries of traditional kilted attire seem to stretch out farther than I originally assumed.

Traditional kilt attire is not and never has been frozen in time, so yes it does "stretch out further" than many assume. Take Prince Charles's tweed kilt jackets for example, an oft used example of traditional kilt attire in action on this website, few if any, of his tweed day jackets have fancy cuffs or epaulettes.

[McMurdo]

Traditional kilt attire is not and never has been frozen in time, so yes it does "stretch out further" than many assume. Take Prince Charles's tweed kilt jackets for example, an oft used example of traditional kilt attire in action on this website, few if any, of his tweed day jackets have fancy cuffs or epaulettes.

True Jock, however they are cut to be worn with the kilt. For me a Saxon suit jacket with a kilt is a bridge too far, even in a contemporary setting it looks sloppy and unkempt to my eye as the jacket interferes will the pleats. At least with a kilt jacket the bottom of the jacket meets the fell.

Patrick I think the tie is fine, the jacket is not. Sorry but it's just never going to work.