SWK Thrifty Review and Picts

[Marshal Moroni]

Kid Cossack, I tend to wear Crocs when going casual, I also have a brown pair which would have been less eye popping. I think I'll have to acquire a pair in black for a slightly more traditional look.

Ozman1944,
Thanks for the kilt wearing tip. I need to wear my a bit longer due to religious reasons, but I think I can get closer than what is shown in the picture.

I appreciate the kind words and the advice, what a great on line community.

Cheers,

[Sean_the_Kilted]

The pics look great. Congrats on your first kilts.

[cloves]

I think both kilts are tartan...one is black watch.
They look good on you both...but just a tad long. You want to wear them high enough that they hit the top of the knee.

[McMurdo]

You both look great
I noticed a problem with the first photo you tried to post you were missing the first square bracket I think this will fix it.

[Sir Robert]

Since this is your first I'll offer some advice:

For daywear shoes, sporran and belt should all be brown, after five PM all three black.

For casual wear I would avoid any formal accessories like fur sporran, flashes or claymores, but a polo shirt to match the hose and contrast wi th kilt.

"Oatmeal" kilt hose go with everything.

[Casper]

For daywear shoes, sporran and belt should all be brown, after five PM all three black.

That's the only point i'd personally disagree on. I don't own a single piece of brown leather. All of my casual and work attire has black accessories and shoes.

After all, black 'goes with everything' and is far more versatile. That, and I always tend to err on the side of caution when it comes to the line between casual and formal attire.

[McMurdo]

The old classic rule was brown for daywear, and black for evening, however in these days of Prince Charlie's for daytime weddings, I really think that the lines have been somewhat blurred. I have both brown and black accessories, it never really enters my mind what time of day it is, I mostly wear the black for daywear, as my freelander sporran is black and it hold considerably more than my brown sporran. Lets not berate people for not sticking to Victorian era rules of dress in the 21st Century.

OK getting off the box now.

[Sir Robert]

On the black/brown leather, just made sure that they match. No, men will not notice, women will. Women agonize over shoes, literally and figuratively.

No you will not be arrested for mixing black/brown leather I'm just telling you.

I wish someone had sat me down when I turned eighteen and explained to me how to dress. I read Gentlemen's Quarterly for years and never understood why this was great but that was a fashon miss-step, looked the same to me.

The black/brown leather thing is one of those things that men who know how to dress well know that I did not. Go read the kilt dos and don't thread and see if the "do" match and the "don't" are mismatched. Look at Hamish see how he dresses.

[ConfusedPollock]

I'd like to comment about "length". If I wear my Stillwater at "proper" height, no amount of sweeping will keep my "equipment" off the chair. I'm a 2XL sized guy myself. So I wear to just below my knee. That way I keep cloth under me when I sit down. I'm thinking this could be a common thing to guys of substance. Just my opinion on the matter.

[Don Patrick]

Since this is your first I'll offer some advice:

For daywear shoes, sporran and belt should all be brown, after five PM all three black.

For casual wear I would avoid any formal accessories like fur sporran, flashes or claymores, but a polo shirt to match the hose and contrast wi th kilt.

"Oatmeal" kilt hose go with everything.

Interesting. I learn something new everyday. Glad I ran into this string. It must be something similiar to the necktie/day and bow tie/evening custom. Is the magic switch over hour 1700 or 1800. What is the distinction of 'Oatmeal'?