particularly bold patterned Argyll on the 'bay

[Bad Monkey]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-bes...Condition=3000

Not my size, but someone in the 'loud jacket club' should appreciate this one.

[Bruce Scott]

It would probably fit but it's not for me!

[Me cousin Jack]

When I clicked on it I went deef for two hours

[Jock Scot]

As one who sees a fair few tweed patterns throughout the year, I have to say that to my eye, that pattern does not work for a kilt jacket.

[OC Richard]

It's a bit too busy for me, but here's a jacket like that being worn in piping competition recently



Personally, this is my favourite, an ordinary check tweed

[Tobus]

It's definitely on the bold side, but I think it could work well with the right kilt and accessories. Too big for me, though.

[Liam]

It actually looks far better than I expected on the piper. Experts... is it a form of Glen Check?

[gsmacleod]

I've looked at that a couple of times; it's just a bit too big and I'm not convinced I could pull it off.

Shane

[Bad Monkey]

It's a bit too busy for me, but here's a jacket like that being worn in piping competition recently

well, the jacket the piper is wearing looks much better than I thought the jacket in the ad would. It could be the photo settings, but the piper's jacket looks a little more 'brown' overall. Still, I'm more of an overcheck/houndstooth kinda guy. I'm glad you posted that pic, though; it's not as busy in context as a picture of just the jacket itself makes it out to be.

[OC Richard]

Yes indeed, I do like that piper's kit, though I would have preferred a different bonnet.

There's a thing artists do, when they're working on a painting: if there's a passage you're struggling with, that you're not sure what to do with, cover up that passage with your hand, let your eye soak in the whole painting for a minute, then suddenly pull the hand away.

Whatever is wrong with the troubled passage will leap out to your eye! Why? Because when it's covered your mind's eye will create the ideal solution for the covered area, and when you take your hand away there will be a stark contrast between the ideal solution and what you've done there.

Try it with the photo of that piper above: cover just his bonnet, let it soak it for a bit, and see what your mind expects to be there. Not sky blue, I imagine.

Now this piper has everything within the same earth-toned palette:



(BTW my minds-eye expects a darker bonnet on this fellow.)