Black Watch tartan kilt wearers- question:

**Nighthawk** · 9th October 09, 10:18 PM

Originally Posted by SteveB

That tam should never be worn with the kilt. OUCH! Basically the Kilt Police frown an any tartan above the kilt. I have caught more he(( over my matching tartan neckties.

i now save the tartan ties and tartan flat caps for wear with the business suit... In other words they will probably never get worn as I kilt before I suit.

Slainte

I'm working on an outfit that will send the Kilt Police into seizures... My wife loves my idea, and so does one of this boards kilt makers. I ain't concerned with the KP's. I will wear my tartan ties with my kilts if I please. Also, it's not such a strange concept. There was a time when people would wear as much tartan as possible- I've even seen pictures of people wearing 3 or 4 different at the same time! And I mean paintings from the 18th century.

**Paul** · 10th October 09, 01:20 AM

Bottle great tends to look great with Black Watch!

**Strings** · 10th October 09, 02:47 AM

I HAVE to argue the "no tartan above the waist" thing. One lil' bit that can absolutely draw an outfit together is a matching tartan bowtie.

Of course, that's me. YMMV

**Jock Scot** · 10th October 09, 02:58 AM

Originally Posted by Strings

I HAVE to argue the "no tartan above the waist" thing. One lil' bit that can absolutely draw an outfit together is a matching tartan bowtie.

Of course, that's me. YMMV

We must not forget those that are keen on tartan waistcoats too.

**Jock Scot** · 10th October 09, 03:51 AM

Originally Posted by Nighthawk

I'm working on an outfit that will send the Kilt Police into seizures... My wife loves my idea, and so does one of this boards kilt makers. I ain't concerned with the KP's. I will wear my tartan ties with my kilts if I please. Also, it's not such a strange concept. There was a time when people would wear as much tartan as possible- I've even seen pictures of people wearing 3 or 4 different at the same time! And I mean paintings from the 18th century.

Wearing many different tartans at the same time does go back a long way, I grant you. I wonder, these pictures that you have seen where this happens, are the people wearing different tartans of the SAME clan, or, are they wearing tartans of DIFFERENT clans? Could you point me in the right direction so that I can study these pictures? I may not have seen them all.

**Bigkahuna** · 10th October 09, 06:13 AM

Originally Posted by Jack Daw

I'm all out. Include red-and-white diced hose among your choices.

Or red and black diced hose.

**Paul** · 10th October 09, 08:34 AM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

We must not forget those that are keen on tartan waistcoats too.

I love tartan waistcoats. Can't wait to get one made!
I'm just stuck between getting silk or wool

**Nighthawk** · 10th October 09, 09:47 AM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

Wearing many different tartans at the same time does go back a long way, I grant you. I wonder, these pictures that you have seen where this happens, are the people wearing different tartans of the SAME clan, or, are they wearing tartans of DIFFERENT clans? Could you point me in the right direction so that I can study these pictures? I may not have seen them all.

I;ve seen a few posted on this site, and I've got a couple books- one on the tactics of the battle of Culloden, and one called Tartan: The Facts and Myths- where I've seen them. One was a painting of a Jacobite wearing a kilt of one tartan, and a jacket of another. The other that I've seen was in the Tartan book- it was pointed out that they were in fact two different variants of the same tartan. One was a kilt (of course) and the other, a day plaid.

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

We must not forget those that are keen on tartan waistcoats too.

One of the things that I like to do that makes the Kilt Police angry is to wear tartan flashes, tartan tie, black hose, white shirt- and a black Amerikilt. I personally think my Dress MacLeod accoutrements look awesome with the solid black. I want to get a Dress MacLeod waistcoat to go with that outfit. Of course, I’ll lose the tie in favor of a black or red one in that case… but that’s something that I personally really like.

Originally Posted by Paul.

I love tartan waistcoats. Can't wait to get one made!
I'm just stuck between getting silk or wool

I have the very same issue!

**DryFly** · 10th October 09, 06:47 PM

Back to the original question............. I prefer green hose with my Stewart Hunting and either black, red, or yellow flashes depending on the shirt or overall look.

**McNulty** · 13th October 09, 07:33 PM

When wearing my Blackwatch my two favorite sets of hose are either the WPG khaki with red garter flashes as seen below or for dressier situations I'll wear my Highland Green hose from blackwatchkiltshop.com with dark blue garter flashes. There are so many combos already mentioned above but IMHO a lovat green and dark blue garter ties will go for just about any occasion.
Nulty