Kilt Do's and Don'ts

[greenguzzi]

DO wear your kilt at an Australia Day BBQ....???

Actually this is me committing a whole bunch of DON'Ts. So I post this for your amusement at my expense.

But it was too hot and humid for hose and broags, and I had drunk enough to think that the leather cutoff was a good match..
(And I'm sure you'll find a few more DON'Ts I didn't think of.)
But I was wearing a kilt and was having fun doing so.

Oh well...

[Jock Scot]

Considering where you live and the climate, it all looks pretty sensible to me!

[greenguzzi]

Thanks guys, you are most kind!

The Guzzi was mine, I had sold it to a friend of mine. We were delivering it to her while I was up for the Australia Day BBQ. That's my son sitting on the bike, so that's OK. (I still have a Guzzi, that one was surplus to requirements.)

The tartan is an Irish one... County Kildare.

[The Barry]

Nice looking tartan. And you pull off the casual "it's-too-damn-hot-to-wear-wool-hose" footwear. You make it look natural, which is what a kilt is.

[Phil]

It looks good to me. The only "don't" I see is actually wearing a good quality kilt to haul a motorbike about.

[triolamj]

It's the shirt. Every so often I see kilted musicians wearing vests. You can't wear the long sleeve shirt and the sandals both. You have to go with the black t-shirt under the black leather vest, and the skinnier and shorter you are the better it looks.

[greenguzzi]

It's the shirt. Every so often I see kilted musicians wearing vests. You can't wear the long sleeve shirt and the sandals both. You have to go with the black t-shirt under the black leather vest, and the skinnier and shorter you are the better it looks.

Good point. I did consider wearing a T shirt, but I thought the grandfather shirt looked better. However I will have another think about it.

I used to be skinny when I was younger, but alas no more. So I'll have to make do with what I've got.

[The Barry]

It's the shirt. Every so often I see kilted musicians wearing vests. You can't wear the long sleeve shirt and the sandals both. You have to go with the black t-shirt under the black leather vest, and the skinnier and shorter you are the better it looks.

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I've seen this done and it works well. Not my bag of tea, but it works for others.

[The Barry]

I don't know, but you're right, that's a great tartan!

[The Barry]

Do you notice what makes all these kilts work for Hamish?

His smile. He is having fun. Enough said........Go Hamish!

It's because he looks at home in the kilt. That didn't happen by wearing a kilt once. I try to kilt up as often as possible, and it'll take me some time to get that certain je ne sais quoi.