Furr sporran = full-dress sporran ?

[Bugbear]

I have one plain, brown rabbit fur sporran, and this is how I use it:

* I have removed the picture because that link might not work in the future. The fur sporran can be seen in my pictures over in the gallery or in my albums.

That is about as dressy as I can go right now: no jacket yet. However, I'm looking into having a brown corduroy jacket adapted for kilt wear to go with this outfit folowing MacMillan of Rathdown's suggestion, as well as, brown kilt hose.


I do usually like to dress nicely, but formal events aren't a large part of my life right now. I have a couple of three piece suits and so on in case a wedding or something like that comes up.
Hopefully it looks alright...

* as Chef pointed out, I am wearing my flashes incorrectly in the picture. I have started wearing them correctly sense this picture was taken. Thanks Chef.
Also, someone photoshopped out the misplaced flash for me since this discussion. And I have converted a brown corduroy jacket and waistcoat to complete the outfit.

[BoldHighlander]

Hopefully it looks alright...

You look great Ted

[Bugbear]

You look great Ted

Thank you, BoldHighlander.

* The driving cap is a matching tweed to my shoes, though you can't see my shoes. I hav thought of trying to match a tweed jacket to those, but in my mind that is too much matching tweed. Perhaps a corduroy driving hat, tweed jacket, and brown shoes would be a second option.

[Chef]

Ted you look good and sorry to nit-pick, but both the pieces of your flashes should go on the outside of the leg, not one on the outside and one on the inside as you have it.

[Bugbear]

Ted you look good and sorry to nit-pick, but both the pieces of your flashes should go on the outside of the leg, not one on the outside and one on the inside as you have it.

Thank you Chef. I was made aware of the incorrect placement of the flashes a while back and have corrected that. I am glad that you noticed, though, and thanks again. I will put a note on that post pointing that out.

[Chef]

Thank you Chef. I was made aware of the incorrect placement of the flashes a while back and have corrected that. I am glad that you noticed, though, and thanks again. I will put a note on that post pointing that out.

Just in a days work for a kilt snob; glad to be of service.

Some of them come sewn together but since yours didn't I can't say that your idea is illogical. The only reason they probably go on one side is that the original ones were tied so the loose ends would have been together.


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[Bugbear]

Just in a days work for a kilt snob; glad to be of service.

Some of them come sewn together but since yours didn't I can't say that your idea is illogical. The only reason they probably go on one side is that the original ones were tied so the loose ends would have been together.


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LOL!

It's actually very agrovating to wear them like I was because the inside flashes get caught on each other sometimes. I fully understand why they are supposed to be on the outside now, and am kind of glad that it was the wrong way.

* also, that's all daywear and casual I'm talking about; I haven't gotten around to putting together anything formal yet.

[kiltimabar]

Hi all !
Just the other day, I happened to open a box... and there it was. My auntie's mink bonnet ! I immediately thaught it was the sings of time : This should be transformed into a nice, awesome evening sporran.
But then this existential question came to me: what "makes" an evening full dress sporran ? Is it the cantle ?
Thank you for your advice and counsel.

Robert

Through all the pages of good advice about what makes a sporran formal, one question still nags me--is auntie's mink bonnet going to be made into a sporran? I applaude the idea of an out-of-fashion, unused but valuable article being recycled into something even more valuable and useful. I hope we shall soon get to see some pictures of the awesome result.

[Ancienne Alliance]

Through all the pages of good advice about what makes a sporran formal, one question still nags me--is auntie's mink bonnet going to be made into a sporran? I applaude the idea of an out-of-fashion, unused but valuable article being recycled into something even more valuable and useful. I hope we shall soon get to see some pictures of the awesome result.

Oh yes it will !

That mink sporran will be beautiful and practical. Stay tuned for some photos...coming up soon !

Robert

[TheSp8]

, one question still nags me--is auntie's mink bonnet going to be made into a sporran? I applaude the idea of an out-of-fashion, unused but valuable article being recycled into something even more valuable and useful

Yes, it can be used to make a nice sporran. I had mink stole from my grandmother that I added to a SWK sporran to make a nicer sporran. I finished it up last night. Soon as I take pics I'll post them in the pic section.

YMOS,
Tony