tattersall et al?

[creagdhubh]

Hiya mate,

Are you talking about wearing such fabrics in a dress shirt with the kilt? I primarily wear tattersall and check shirts from Brooks Brothers with my Highland day attire. I have all kinds of colours and variations of check size. I also wear solid colours in pink, light blue, white, light yellow, and light green. All from Brooks Brothers, all with a spread collar (not button down), and some with french cuffs and some with plain, barrel style cuffs. I love mixing my patterned shirts with regimental stripe (styled) neckties of various colours and stripe sizes, as well as various shooting neckties from Barbour, which consist of grouse and/or ducks patterned onto each necktie-I don't worry about matching or even toning colours with the tartan of my kilt-it looks far better when one is not matching head to toe in my honest opinion!

I don't like the Argyle pattern with anything that deals with the wearing of Highland attire except for evening hose, made in the Argyle pattern in order to compliment the tartan of the kilt. Anything else, i.e.-a sweater, shirt, sweater vest, etc should be avoided in my opinion-clashes way too much with Highland attire. I think other material such as houndstooth, any sort of tweed style, herringbone, gingham, tattersall, checks, etc look absolutely outstanding with Highland daywear. It's basically the country look in which I think your talking about, or at least on your way to. It's a look that I like very much, as it is classic, timeless, nostalgic, practical (especially for the autumn and winter months-and often parts of the spring and summer if you reside in the Highlands), very smart, and simply beautiful to the casual observer.

I do wear gingham dress shirts occasionally, however, I ensure that they are in a relatively small gingham check, as I don't want that style of shirt to be too overpowering-typically pinks and light blue hues, with darker coloured neckties. I basically adore the Brooks Brothers-esqe, preppy, private school/university look with the addition of Highland attire and all of its pertinent accessories. Hope I helped you in any way, or at least contributed to your thread in a valuable manner.

Kyle Macpherson


Slainte,