Originally Posted by
OC Richard
One thing to perhaps keep in mind that when coordinating two colours (in this case jacket and kilt) an important aspect is the overall lightness or darkness (tone) of each.
It's generally better to get the jacket and the kilt not of the same hue and tone. Ideal is if there's a contrast in both, but at the very least there should be a contrast in one.
For that reason I prefer either the middle or righthand tweed in the 2nd photo.
Especially the "Modern" tartan, but even the "Ancient" tartan, are dark enough for me to want to avoid going with a middle-dark tweed, where the kilt and the jacket won't be differentiated enough IMHO.
And example of having a contrast in tone is, in the 1st photo, selecting the lighter blue for the Modern tartan and the darker blue for the Ancient tartan, which is what I would do if I went with blue.
Personally I would consider browns as well- the best way to coordinate with a tartan is to not use one of the tartan's main ground-colours in the jacket, and my knee-jerk reaction would be to avoid blue or green thus go to brown.
I would consider brown but they don't offer a brown tweed at that price point.
Tha mi uabhasach sgith gach latha.
“A man should look as if he has bought his clothes (kilt) with intelligence, put them (it) on with care, and then forgotten all about them (it).” Paraphrased from Hardy Amies
Proud member of the Clans Urquhart and MacKenzie.
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