A trans-Atlantic thing?

**McClef** · 27th February 08, 06:39 AM

I don't know that there is such a huge difference.

If most people over here wore a doublet and most people over there wore a PC you could then state that there was. I don't think I have seen any pictures of UK or even European X markers wearing a doublet, apart from Hamish.

My experience is no difference to McMurdo's in fact he has probably seen more doublets in real life than I have!

How about a straw poll - X markers saying what the own as their most formal wear?

I'll start - mine is a PC. I would love to own a Montrose also though!

**Phil** · 27th February 08, 06:58 AM

Originally Posted by McClef

I don't know that there is such a huge difference.

If most people over here wore a doublet and most people over there wore a PC you could then state that there was. I don't think I have seen any pictures of UK or even European X markers wearing a doublet, apart from Hamish.

My experience is no difference to McMurdo's in fact he has probably seen more doublets in real life than I have!

How about a straw poll - X markers saying what the own as their most formal wear?

I'll start - mine is a PC. I would love to own a Montrose also though!

How did you miss this one then? It's getting a bit tight nowadays!

or this

**McClef** · 27th February 08, 07:23 AM

Originally Posted by Phil

How did you miss this one then? It's getting a bit tight nowadays!

I don't know Phil but I did.

So that's two over here then.

BTW love the hose in the second picture - bet they cost a bomb!

**Phil** · 27th February 08, 07:34 AM

Originally Posted by McClef

I don't know Phil but I did.

So that's two over here then.

BTW love the hose in the second picture - bet they cost a bomb!

£95 from Kenneth Short in Hawick. But they do finish the outfit nicely don't they.

**Riverkilt** · 27th February 08, 08:00 AM

Hey Jock,

I think you're on to something. Living out here in the boonies we don't have many formal affairs. It is hot.

Here's probably the most formal I've ever been kilted.

Was for a coworker's Traditional Navajo Wedding held deep on the reservation on a cold, windy, rainy day at about 6,000 feet altitude. What makes it formal for me isn't the Argyle...its the necktie...

And here's the most informal I get kilted.

Was at least 100 degrees F with the sun coming back off the water.

Out here my decision on what to wear with the kilt depends as much on the weather conditions as it does the event.

Ron

**davedove** · 27th February 08, 06:58 AM

Originally Posted by McClef

How about a straw poll - X markers saying what the own as their most formal wear?

I'll start - mine is a PC. I would love to own a Montrose also though!

I have a Brian Baru jacket that I use for formal wear. I just liked the cut of it a little better.

I would love to own a doublet one day, but I really don't know when I would wear it.