Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
Well done laddie! The tie looks well on you and unsurprisingly,for me, it fits in with your attire well and I have no doubts whatsoever that the tie will fit in with much of your attire in the future.

The great thing about regimental style ties is that you can choose to, as in your case with the ABF tie, pick out stripe(s) to highlight. In your case you have chosen blue and green(not trying to subconsciously match things are we?) stripe. If you wanted to you could highlight the red and blue by tying the knot in a slightly different place. Versatile these ties.
Thanks Jock As I've never had a regimental tie before, I had never considered that one might pick out stripes to highlight. If I highlighted matching colours, I assure you it was purely by chance!

Quote Originally Posted by Tiny View Post
<snip> I'll accept the challenge to participate in the chain. I've been searching goodwill for jackets to convert and tattersal shirts. The only bit of kit I'll be waiting on will be one jacket to be converted.

Once the jacket is ready I'll PM you to continue the chain and we can get the next member in line.
That's great Tiny. Just let me know when you're ready.

Quote Originally Posted by KFCarter View Post
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Certainly with the "two greens" issue, I think it's better to be in a totally different color than in two "arguing" shades of the same color... again, why claret is so great... it isn't going to "argue" with most kilt tones, even with red-based tartans IMHO.

Understand you need to "sock" () that money away for the important stuff, but you could start a change jar and empty your pockets (or your sporran!) and the end of the day of whatever has collected there. You'd be surprised how fast you'd accumulate enough for some nice Lewis Hose from the Scottish Tartan Museum Gift Shop

Keep up the good work!
Fear not, I already have a change jar going. But I was trying to save for a hand-sewn kilt... upgraded hose will have to take a number and get in line

I agree that claret is a unique enough colour that it probably wouldn't argue with most kilt tones. Can anyone think of other hose colours with similar properties?

Ultimately, I think part of the non-matching thing is to not think about it too much... from that perspective, just picking out my best hose and putting them on is probably better than playing spin the colour wheel...