The Hong Kong St Andrews Society tie, pictured below, is blue with a red dragons on a white saltires. Perhaps an XMTS tie should be something similar. A solid colour with a saltire and device of some sort. I hesitate to suggest a mouse, Burn's 'wee timerous beasty' but also a reference to the computer.
I agree with the previous poster that the appropriate club/regimental/society ties work with kilts regardless of the colours involved but from a purely sartorial POV I think that badges on ties go better with kilts than stripes. Also something to do with having a lot of checked and striped shirts.
On the subject of stripes British and American stripes usually fall in opposite directions, apparently something to do with the way tailors cut the cloth. One effect of this is that when related British and Canadian Regiments have the same coloured tie stripes they fall in different directions. British ties fall from the wearers left to right.
Last edited by Good Egg; 4th April 10 at 11:49 PM.
Reason: Gramatical errors.
The 'Eathen in his idleness bows down to wood and stone,
'E don't obey no orders unless they is his own,
He keeps his side arms awful,
And he leaves them all about,
Until up comes the Regiment and kicks the 'Eathen out.
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