To belt or not to belt...

**Jock Scot** · 28th September 08, 05:21 AM

I think that is generally accepted that you do not wear a belt with a waistcoat(vest). Many years ago, however, there was a fashion, here in Scotland, that a minority of kilt wearers used to use. The kilt was worn OVER the bottom of the waistcoat and the belt was put on over the lot. Not a fashion that I liked the look of much and I have not seen it done for many a year. Has any one else seen this?

**Highlander31** · 30th September 08, 10:03 PM

No belt with a waistcoat.

**Bugbear** · 30th September 08, 10:11 PM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

I think that is generally accepted that you do not wear a belt with a waistcoat(vest). Many years ago, however, there was a fashion, here in Scotland, that a minority of kilt wearers used to use. The kilt was worn OVER the bottom of the waistcoat and the belt was put on over the lot. Not a fashion that I liked the look of much and I have not seen it done for many a year. Has any one else seen this?

Wouldn't the waistcoat be a bit thick or bulky to go under the kilt? You would have an undershirt, dress shirt, then the waistcoat, then the kilt, then the belt... You would need extra holes in your kilt straps.

**ThistleDown** · 30th September 08, 10:25 PM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

I think that is generally accepted that you do not wear a belt with a waistcoat(vest). Many years ago, however, there was a fashion, here in Scotland, that a minority of kilt wearers used to use. The kilt was worn OVER the bottom of the waistcoat and the belt was put on over the lot. Not a fashion that I liked the look of much and I have not seen it done for many a year. Has any one else seen this?

Hmmm, no, can't say I have ever seen that, but I do remember the (brief!) fashion of the waistcoast over the kilt but under the belt. And another when the bottom TWO buttons of the waistcoast were left undone to accommodate (and perhaps show off?) the belt buckle.