US Military Tartan and appropriate footwear.
I will be attending a Scottish Game soon, and I have just purchased a Sport Kilt with the US Coast Guard Tartan. I served in the Coast Guard and am a very proud veteran. I will be wearing a polo with Coast Guard logo over left breast, embroidered, with the Sport kilt, cream hose, and a Robert Mackie Balmoral Navy blue with navy blue and white dice. I want to make sure I am very respectful to not just the US Coast Guard, but to the way I appear wearing this dress. Of course I have the correct hat device, USCG Leather Sporran, USCG Kilt Pin. If I get my Light Blue shirt before the event I will wear that instead of the polo.
So what I hear is this, wearing boots of any kind is not proper when wearing a kilt. OK I can buy that, but what options are open besides wearing Scottish type shoes? What would be considered proper footwear, for the event, the dress, and USCG?
I really prefer not to wear jump boots or boots as we did not wear them in the USCG, we wore the navy style black oxford shoe. What other options are available?
Last edited by CollinMacD; 13th September 17 at 08:52 AM.
Allan Collin MacDonald III
Grandfather - Clan Donald, MacDonald (Clanranald) /MacBride, Antigonish, NS, 1791
Grandmother - Clan Chisholm of Strathglass, West River, Antigonish, 1803
Scottish Roots: Knoidart, Inverness, Scotland, then to Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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