What to wear with a tab shirt?

[James MacMillan]

OK - I am not a member of the clergy, so have no knowledge of the tabbed shirt mentioned. Is this the proper name for the shirt worn pretty much world-wide by priests?

Other than the small square of white shown at the neck, isn't it just like any other shirt?

Is there some other factor here that is not being addressed?

Where my confusion comes up is - couldn't any nice coat cut for a kilt be worn?

[auld argonian]

http://www.kiltsales.com/store/custo...oat-pid-2.html

Nice, plain and elegant...a tad pricey but this can't be the only store that carries them...I seem to remember that Tartanweb also stocks something similar. I'd think that Rocky at USA kilts or Steve at Freedom Kilts could whip up something appropriate.

Black buttons are a desirable thing...of anybody knows of a source for them, please shout out...I love my Argyle jacket but the silver buttons are a bit distracting. It may be traditional but...

Best

AA

[1oldsarge]

That is the key - Go to a thrift store, or rental place and spend about $12.00 on a nice dark jacket, then go to a local tailor and with the great amount of info on this fourm, have it converted - - - you should be able to get it done for around $30.00! So you will end up with a very nice jacket for well less than $50.00.

Any regular sport jacket and most suit jackets can easily be converted to kilt wear!

I dropped into a thrift store in Palm Springs the other day, and picked up a tweed jacket that I can wear with my kilts for $5. My wife found a kilted skirt for $1.50. Sometimes the good karma bleeds through the bad....

[keepoffgrass]

I dropped into a thrift store in Palm Springs the other day, and picked up a tweed jacket that I can wear with my kilts for $5. My wife found a kilted skirt for $1.50. Sometimes the good karma bleeds through the bad....

Wow! nice!

[george7]

Note to self: Show up early to Palm Springs thrift shops.

[sharpdressedscot]

...What's a tab shirt?

[Coemgen]

...What's a tab shirt?

This:

[sharpdressedscot]

Oh, I always wondered what they were called. Thanks!

[thescot]

This:

Actually, that is not a tab collar. That's a full collar with rabat, I think. A rabat is a vest like article that has a stand up, split collar showing the white full collar.

Go here and scroll down: http://www.almy.com/rabats.html

A tab collar is exactly that: a stand-up collar with slits into which you place a white tab that leaves a little white square.

You can see tab collars here: http://www.almy.com/menshirt.html

This is probably way too much information, but you did ask!

And, BTW, I agree that an argyle style would look excellent with a tab or ful collar. I wear a full collar when called upon to do so, in either gray or black, and it always looks sharp with a kilt.

[Finn]

1oldsarge beat me to it. Tweed jacket.