Highlanders Discuss Highland Attire

[guitarmatt]

Well thank you one and all for all those kind invitations and I would love to pop over and meet you all and one day, not this year though, I might surprise you all and turn up!As always, that generosity that Americans are famous for, is there ready and waiting and I am very touched. In the meantime I have to get you all trained up to wearing your kilt attire properly! Ok,OK, OKAY! Perhaps not!

You could start by telling this American in Edinburgh where a Highlander would go to get a tweed kilt jacket, since I'm in the market. I assume you don't come down to Edinburgh and pick something up on the Royal Mile. Some of the shops seem to have evening wear sorted reasonably well, but none of the tweeds are really all that interesting, unless I'm not looking in the right place.

[Jock Scot]

You could start by telling this American in Edinburgh where a Highlander would go to get a tweed kilt jacket, since I'm in the market. I assume you don't come down to Edinburgh and pick something up on the Royal Mile. Some of the shops seem to have evening wear sorted reasonably well, but none of the tweeds are really all that interesting, unless I'm not looking in the right place.

No I don't venture down your way these days. Out of town, there is Haggarts of Aberfeldy, or Campbells of Beauly that are both well known for their tweeds. Scotweb are sponsors here and are on line, I think they also give a members discount and appear to have a good name. Chisholms of Inverness is another out of town place well worth a look. It all depends what you want and what you are prepared to pay. Do you wany off the peg or bespoke? Others will come up with there own recommendations that no doubt will be more local to you.

[guitarmatt]

Do you wany off the peg or bespoke? Others will come up with there own recommendations that no doubt will be more local to you.

As much as I'd like bespoke, I'm in an off the peg time of life right now. I'll look around at your recommendations. Thanks a lot!

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

As much as I'd like bespoke, I'm in an off the peg time of life right now. I'll look around at your recommendations. Thanks a lot!

You might want to check some of the outlying kilt shops-- I can recommend:

R & I MacDonald Kiltmakers
45 Main Street
West Calder
EH55 80P

01506 872 678

Good luck!

[ForresterModern]

And if you don't mind ordering in from the States Rocky at USA kilts posted that his made to measure scottish tweed jackets and vests in select tweeds are only $299US, and his supplier is in scotland so you might not have to do double cross oceanic shipping if he can connect you up directly with shipping. Look under the vendors area of the forum and there is a thread under USAkilts for MTM tweed jackets/vests on the cheap (well, cheaper than usual at least).

jeff

[macwilkin]

And if you don't mind ordering in from the States Rocky at USA kilts posted that his made to measure scottish tweed jackets and vests in select tweeds are only $299US, and his supplier is in scotland so you might not have to do double cross oceanic shipping if he can connect you up directly with shipping. Look under the vendors area of the forum and there is a thread under USAkilts for MTM tweed jackets/vests on the cheap (well, cheaper than usual at least).

jeff

I second Jeff's suggestion!

T.

[lammy d]

My tweed is from Campbells of Beauly well worth the drive up I would spend the weekend up there to do a bit of sight seeing! My friend got a hand made kilt and a jacket from the shop in west Calder and they are very good

[Redshank]

T'was yesterday that I saw what would be a typical sighting of kilt wearing in Scotland, let alone the Highlands of Scotland for our overseas visitors.
A Wedding - The bride looked resplendant in her ivory coloured dress, accompanied by a wee boy wearing a kilt, wee pc, dress sporran, white hose and ghillie brogues, all from a hire shop somewhere, aside from the wedding taking place mid afternoon and the obvious faux pas in the wee lads clothing he did look so cute and proud in his kilt.
The groom wore a dark tartan, I can only assume it was highland granite tartan or something of that ilk, he did wear charcoal hose and ghillie brouges, a pc and dress sporran, and again aside from the obvious he did complete a very splendid picture stood beside his bride and pageboy, the other guests wore suits and elegant dresses.
As the posed for photo's on the lochs edge, visitors to the town stopped for a moment or two to enjoy the scene, ignorant to the fact that the wedding party where inappropriately dressed and caring not one jot for conventions overlooked, they where pleased to see the happy couple and the kilts being worn, as I stood across the road surveying the occassion a little old lady stopped and commented that it had made her holiday to see so many kilts being worn in one place, that was 3, the groom, the pageboy and myself.
Despite my agreeing politely, I thought it could have looked so much better had the hire company not been so keen to just take the cash, but had advised on what was correct to wear at the given time of day for the ceremony, it wouldn't have cost them anything and they would have made just as much profit and bride and groom would have been just that little more satisfied.
I think it's a great shame that ignorance is bliss

[guitarmatt]

...the wedding party where inappropriately dressed...

I think it's a great shame that ignorance is bliss

It's the same in the States. At my own wedding and as best man at my brother's I wore a hired tux for the morning ceremony and luncheon reception. It's so much what people expect to see at weddings that no one really stops to think about how inappropriate it is. Ignorance is bliss; I remember being happy at the time (good sign for your wedding day) and the photos still look nice, but looking back I wish I'd known better and gone for traditional morning dress instead. Of course, from here on out I'll go with Highland day wear instead, which Wikipedia informs me is a perfectly acceptable substitute for morning dress.

[Deil the Yin]

9. Sandy and others

Looks like the MacLarens trying to "break in line" again... I'd guess this is Lochearnhead HG? Which one are you Sandy?

MacGregor Despite Them!!!