Vaquero Jacket with Kilt - Another Cultural Stretch

[Galician]

I appreciate your thought, Glen, but--assuming that it works--adding a "hispanic" touch to my outfit makes it mean more to me for my own heritage. That's why I wear a Catalan cap, rather than a Scottish bonnet, when the weather calls for one.

[macwilkin]

There were kilts in early 19th century Los Angeles:

"In Hispanic California, for example, Hugo Reid, originally from Cardross, married a wealthy Gabrieleno woman, Doña Victoria. By this union he inherited two ranchos and two adopted sons, Felipe and José, who soon sported imported kilts and went by the surname Reid. Unfortunately, neither lived long enough to continue the line."

Scots in the North American West 1790-1917 by Fernec M. Szasz (University of Oklahoma Press, 2000), p.66.

However, I'm not sure of the historical accuracry of said vaquero jacket.

T.

[McMurdo]

I appreciate your thought, Glen, but--assuming that it works--adding a "hispanic" touch to my outfit makes it mean more to me for my own heritage. That's why I wear a Catalan cap, rather than a Scottish bonnet, when the weather calls for one.

That is why I said for me, I am not telling others what to wear just voicing why it would not work for me. Some of the members of the board are more traditional than others and from a traditional stance wearing that jacket with a kilt would just not work.

I for example do not understand mixing Scottish National Dress with another cultural costume or part of it. To me it diminishes both national costumes you are wearing to a lampoon of the original.

[Galician]

Hmmm Well, I can't say right now whether not it would work or be a mockery of the attire. That's why I said that it would be assuming the outfit works. But, since my wearing of the kilt is not tied to any Scottish background, I'm willing to take one for the team and explore.

If it does, I would take it as a nice blending of traditions, which is something I'm comfortable with.

I can't also help wondering if the variety of jackets available for kilt wear does not show a similar willingness for sartorial exploration among Scotsmen.

[Riverkilt]

Aye, pushing the edge for sure....but I too can see it as a piece of a kilted person's heritage - or for a regional touch in California - where the jacket is being offered by a local Bay area vendor.

Don't know that it would work at all in Eastern Canada...but in Azatlan - Old California....or with ancestoral connections...or with a tartan link - why not.

To the edge of the envelope and beyond.....

[McMurdo]

Don't know that it would work at all in Eastern Canada

I don't know about Eastern Canada, but Central Canada where I live I think not

[Highland Logan]

I don't know about Eastern Canada, but Central Canada where I live I think not

Eastern Canada votes NO.

Frank