New to the forum, but not to kilts

[Lexx]

Evenin' all,

As with many of you I'm sure, my earliest memory of wearing a kilt was from my single digit years and had much of the "awww, mum, do I have to" about it, though these days it's more often asking my partner if "can I get away with wearing a kilt to..." ...any random event.

Growing up as the middle son (but eldest of the Scottish duo) I always got the new kilt that would fit perfectly, not the hand-me-down. These days my only kilt is an ex. MOD a size or two too large clinched with a belt and it's my "little" brother who has the beautiful hand made kilt. That said, I wouldn't swap I've discovered that the Seaforth Highlander (MacKenzie) suits my colouration much better than the McDonald ever did and my actual tartan (McKillop) actually gives me a headache to look at, so all's well that end's well.

Dress it up, dress it down, it's the most versatile item of clothing I own. Weather it's with a cheep green "Jacobite" shirt (my partners favourite) or a Montrose Doublet sans jabot & cuffs (my personal favourite) it always does the needful.

[Liam]

Welcome from Canada! I'm not sure what one's colouration has to do with tartan choice, but wear what you like. With a few minor exceptions, I have a family, clan or regional affiliation with the tartans kilts that I wear.
Slainte

[neloon]

Welcome, also fae Aiberdeenshire
Alan

[Tomak]

Hello and welcome from Southern California.

[kilted redleg]

Welcome from the gate way to the New York highlands!!

[Kiltedjohn]

Welcome from a Scotsman (Glaswegian) now living in the English midlands.

[MichiganKyle]

Welcome from Michigan, USA!

[Liam]

Lexx… my paternal ancestors came from Turriff, and my late wife's mother was a war bride from Aboyne. Which part of Aberdeenshire are you from?
My surname is Rennie and still somewhat common in the region I understand, although my great great Grandfather emigrated to Canada in 1834 and settled in the Guelph area of Upper Canada.

[John_Carrick]

Welcome from Ireland

[Lexx]

[...] my late wife's mother was a war bride from Aboyne. Which part of Aberdeenshire are you from?[...]

Turriff's a bit far north of me, day trip sort of distance. But you're more or less bang on the money, I'm originally from a smallish village called Torphins, and as such my secondary education was at Aboyne Academy a little under ten miles away. My partner and I are renovating a timber cottage in Tornaveen (tiny farming community) just up the road, but with all the weirdness going on at the moment we're in a flat in Inverurie - it makes sense for our situation. As to the colouration, my mother always said I had a swarthy look to me, and I've found that darker colours suit me better and the reds, greens and blues of the MacKenzie are all considerably darker then the McDonald. Oh, and one of my "adopted aunties" is a Rennie, I wouldn't have said it's common down on Deeside, there were a couple of Rennie's at the academy the same time as me and both were auntie Isabelle's which would make it circa 2per500 in my age group. It's not like Strang, or Urquhart, loads of them about!