I'll assume that you're going to the Chicago Celtic Fest this weekend - as am I - and this will be the first time that I'm going to wear the kilt "in public", as it were.

I'm just going to wear the kilt (a Stillwater Standard in Nightstalker), some "Irish over-the-knee socks" (turned down to make an adequate cuff) that I found online at Sierra Trading Post, a black t-shirt and the hiking boots. I'm really probably going to be checking out the Scottish-throwing-heavy-and-antiquated-objects part of the Fest mostly...my friend's band isn't playing this year. I'm trying to find a wide enough belt and a sporran...I will (please don't dump on me here, guys) most likely end up using a camera bag designed to be worn "fanny pack" style. I expect that there will be some vendors at the Fest and I may look for a sporran while I'm there.

Face it...it isn't that easy to get these accessories all at the same time and all in the same place unless you just buy a "package" from somewhere. There just aren't very many kilt shops here on the South Side of Chicago (come St. Pat's Day, you wouldn't think that...but anyway...). You can't stride into JC Penney's at the Mall and say, "Where's your kilt department?" So I'm just going to cobble this together a piece at a time, getting the things that appeal to my personal sense of taste - which leans toward very simple things. I trust that I will be adequately dressed to be in the spirit of the thing even if I don't have every perfect accessory right then and there...what?... am I going to run into the Kilt Police and get a ticket for not being dressed like some guy on the cover of a shortbread tin?

This is all by way of going along with some of the earlier posts: it's "kilt casual"...just wear what you feel you'd be comfy in and enjoy the festivities.

best

argonian