Beg, Borrow or steal....

[Phil Wright]

After bellringing for a 2pm. wedding at weekend I was keen to get down stairs as the others told me it was a wedding with kilted wedding party.(Always keen to have a look at a kilt or two.) I was disappointed therefore to find only one member of the party left....
Yellow based kilt
PC jacket
Full white fur dress sporran
Oatmeal hose+ red flashes (???)
PINK shirt & yellow/black stripey tie
Black shoes

I can only hope that the person entered in to the spirit of things by borrowing a few odds & ends to create this ensemble. I've loaned a few things out myself, but made sure friends knew what and how to wear it. As Kilties, how far do you think it is acceptable to go to 'correct' ill-informed kilt-wearers?
Phil

[Freelander Sporrano]

Sounds like a candidate for the" kilt don'ts" section Phil don't you think

[ronstew]

If it is a stranger, it is none of your business unless he asks your opinion.

Now, if you got to know the guy, on some later date you might tell him your opinion. But for the present, it is none of your business.

[starbkjrus]

If it is a stranger, it is none of your business unless he asks your opinion.

Now, if you got to know the guy, on some later date you might tell him your opinion. But for the present, it is none of your business.

I have to agree with Ronstew but I wish you had gotten a photo. Of course it might hurt my eyes...

[Moose McLennan]

Maybe he just likes his stuff colourful?

Apart from the pink shirt with a PC, it doesn't sound THAT bad. I thought red flashes were always OK.

I'm not a fan of stripy ties with kilts though. I'm not to keen on them full stop. Reminds me of school.

M.

p.s. something about that description just makes me wish he'd been wearing white furry moonboots to go with the sporran!

[Big Paul]

p.s. something about that description just makes me wish he'd been wearing white furry moonboots to go with the sporran!

That would be a real site!!

[Phil Wright]

Hmmm... guess I didn't phrase that one too well as I wasn't recommending wandering up to complete strangers and telling them, - rather trying to find out the balance between 'correct' wear and individual takes on things.

.....Having said that, does anyone else have a lot of bother with others telling you "What are you wearing that for?" It seems that the kilt (round here) IS grounds for complete strangers to come up and tell you how you should be dressed.
Phil

[jfellrath]

Hmmm... guess I didn't phrase that one too well as I wasn't recommending wandering up to complete strangers and telling them, - rather trying to find out the balance between 'correct' wear and individual takes on things.

.....Having said that, does anyone else have a lot of bother with others telling you "What are you wearing that for?" It seems that the kilt (round here) IS grounds for complete strangers to come up and tell you how you should be dressed.
Phil

Yes, it bugs the crap out of me. I just answer "I like it." That seems to mess with their sense of the world enough that they leave me alone.

[davezero]

Although I have only had my kilt for a short time, I have yet to have somebody confront me about my kilt. My friend Tim wears his kilts full time and he doesn't really have any problems with people sn sothern Az. either.

[Rex_Tremende]

Yellow + Black + White + Oatmeal + bit of Red + Pink + Tartan + Stripe

When I saw this combination of colors and patterns described, it didn't strike me as so odd. This reminds me of rooms I've seen decorated with chintz, brite colors, and bold patterns. Fashion, in my opinion, is not all that far removed from décor. To do either successfully requires a balance of color and pattern. Some palettes are harmonious monochromes or borrow from the same third of the color wheel. Others are boisterous riots of hue, pattern, and scale. In this case, the only color missing, in my mind's eye, is mint green.

I've seen photos of people in what I assume is über traditional highland garb, that, to me, looks like they were victims of a tartan bomb. Whether or not this particular fellow managed to pull it off according to Mr. Blackwell, I have to applaud him for his exuberant kilt wearing and joyful expression.

If we are annoyed when people question why we wear the kilt, why should we further question when others choose to wear the kilt in a manner other than how we, ourselves, would do it?

Regards,
Rex in Cincinnati