I am not altogether averse to the "Jacobite" shirt, indeed I have several in differing colours, but there are times and places for everything! Agreed, they are a little 'costumey' and I would never wear one when going about my daily business, but they can be fun, teamed with leather waistcoats, or better still a potaine, at warm, summer evening, open-air events and ceilidhs.

The shirts are not the problem - it's how they are worn.

Alright, this was not a warm, summer evening - it was New Year's Eve 2001 - but I don't think the 'look' was too bad for the occasion ..... a neighbour's party:


I think that was probably the last time we had over ¼" of snow too!!