Review my attire 2.

[macwilkin]

I love the overall look. The tartan, hose, and flashes work well for me, as do the black shoes, and black sporran.

The only thing that I would even critique would be the regimental tie. It's a lovely tie to be sure, but with this particular outfit I just don't care for it. I find it distracting from the overall look. To me, there are too many "patterns" happening... That is to say, between your tartans, tie, shirt, and wife's coat, I have a little bit of geometric overload... A solid coloured shirt and tie would have remedied that for me. But that is only one man's humble opinion.

Aside from that, a very lovely picture indeed!

The whole purpose of a regimental/club/school tie is to identify the wearer as a member and/or alumnus. It's not supposed to match or blend in with a shirt. See Matt's earlier post.

Think of it like academic regalia. I have heard colleagues complain about their hood & gown colours, but again, the whole point is identification.

T.

[CDNSushi]

The whole purpose of a regimental/club/school tie is to identify the wearer as a member and/or alumnus. It's not supposed to match or blend in with a shirt. See Matt's earlier post.

Think of it like academic regalia. I have heard colleagues complain about their hood & gown colours, but again, the whole point is identification.

T.

Todd, you're right. I understand the rationale. It's just that don't agree with it from the point of view of my own aesthetics. If identification to a group, regiment, club, etc were my prime purpose, I would begin with that item (or items) and build the rest of my look around that. But that's the way my mind works.

[macwilkin]

Todd, you're right. I understand the rationale. It's just that don't agree with it from the point of view of my own aesthetics. If identification to a group, regiment, club, etc were my prime purpose, I would begin with that item (or items) and build the rest of my look around that. But that's the way my mind works.

No worries; I understand where you're coming from. I have several ties from organizations I belong to, & I obviously do not set out intentionally "clash" with my attire when I wear them, but I obviously want them to "pop", as their original purpose -- of course, few people can identify them!

T.

[ctbuchanan]

I'm sorry but I didn't read thru every post, but I wanted to mention how much I think a good stick always adds to a kilted gentleman. I like the entire look, and the stick just makes it all work that much better.