Plaid Shirt with Solid Color Kilt

[Bugbear]

Can a vest from a regular suit jacket be worn "as is" with a kilt? Might be a way to snaz up a solid color kilt.

[ccga3359]

Can a vest from a regular suit jacket be worn "as is" with a kilt? Might be a way to snaz up a solid color kilt.

They are more than likely longer than a kilt vest. Try it though.

[Bugbear]

They are more than likely longer than a kilt vest. Try it though.

Ok, Thanks.

The bottom of the vest comes down passed the top of the kilt across the back. Blind guy here, I need someone to tell me, with out pictures, how short a kilt vest should be if you would.

[ccga3359]

Ok, Thanks.

The bottom of the vest comes down passed the top of the kilt across the back. Blind guy here, I need someone to tell me, with out pictures, how short a kilt vest should be if you would.

Don't give up just yet, a vest might be easier to alter than a jacket. Another option is a retro clothing store, a vest receives very little wear and tear over it's life. I would think that a vest at the back should just cover the top of the kilt rather than showing kilt, flash of shirt then vest. I feel that the front can cover the front by a couple of inches without affecting the sporran. Anymore than that I'd look for another vest. Another find would be a full bodied wool/tweed vest rather than tweed at the front and satin at the back. When I ordered my vest and Braemer from USAK I forgot to order my vest in full tweed. The extra cost would have been worth it.

[Bugbear]

Don't give up just yet, a vest might be easier to alter than a jacket. Another option is a retro clothing store, a vest receives very little wear and tear over it's life. I would think that a vest at the back should just cover the top of the kilt rather than showing kilt, flash of shirt then vest. I feel that the front can cover the front by a couple of inches without affecting the sporran. Anymore than that I'd look for another vest. Another find would be a full bodied wool/tweed vest rather than tweed at the front and satin at the back. When I ordered my vest and Braemer from USAK I forgot to order my vest in full tweed. The extra cost would have been worth it.

Great! That answers some questions I've been wondering about. Over in another thread I have a corduroy jacket and vest conversion being talked about, and I was having a difficult time understanding what to do to the vest. I might also go ask some questions in a USAK thread on their jackets...

Thanks.

[Bugbear]

Anyway, some of these vests, I have a few of them, seem to work with the sporran. The vests from the suit jackets have the different material for the back... I like the idea of a single material vest for wearing on it's own with the kilt. I do have a black leather vest that I have worn with a solid color kilt, and that seems to work well. I keep it unbuttoned though because I'm wearing it as casual dress.

[Bugbear]

Ok, I found it. The name of the brown tweed shoes that I have been wearing is "Globe Men's Castro Shoes." That brand has other shoes with strange things and paterns on them, but like I said, I have the brown tweed style. Here's a link to a site that sells them.
http://www.espnshop.com/catalog/prod...l--80246~17101

I'm not too pleased with the look of the edges of the soles, but people have been telling me they look good with my Weathered Lamont kilt.

[Bugbear]

Ok, I finally, thanks to the new photo gallery, have a picture of me in a BZK Kakhi. This is a Christmas picture, so I am opening a gift. Also, I don't know if they are in this picture, but I am wearing the brown tweed Castro shoes.

* I've removed the picture, so I don't have to keep track of it.

And Now that I think about it, this was a pantsless Christmas for me. I spent Christmas, before and after, at other peoples homes and took kilts to wear rather than pants.

[beloitpiper]

I have thought VERY hard about making a plain black X-Kilt with a wide front apron and then handing this kilt to a good friend who does embroidery and telling her....if she'd agree to it...

GO FOR IT.

I'd love to see what I got back!

OK, off topic, I know I know!

Maybe you'd get something like this:

[Bugbear]

Hey Alan! Go for the Mexican and Southwestern style design on the apron and the edge of each pleat. If you don't do it, you won't have it!