Plaid Shirt with Solid Color Kilt

[Bugbear]

Don't give up just yet, a vest might be easier to alter than a jacket. Another option is a retro clothing store, a vest receives very little wear and tear over it's life. I would think that a vest at the back should just cover the top of the kilt rather than showing kilt, flash of shirt then vest. I feel that the front can cover the front by a couple of inches without affecting the sporran. Anymore than that I'd look for another vest. Another find would be a full bodied wool/tweed vest rather than tweed at the front and satin at the back. When I ordered my vest and Braemer from USAK I forgot to order my vest in full tweed. The extra cost would have been worth it.

Great! That answers some questions I've been wondering about. Over in another thread I have a corduroy jacket and vest conversion being talked about, and I was having a difficult time understanding what to do to the vest. I might also go ask some questions in a USAK thread on their jackets...

Thanks.

[Bugbear]

Anyway, some of these vests, I have a few of them, seem to work with the sporran. The vests from the suit jackets have the different material for the back... I like the idea of a single material vest for wearing on it's own with the kilt. I do have a black leather vest that I have worn with a solid color kilt, and that seems to work well. I keep it unbuttoned though because I'm wearing it as casual dress.

[Bugbear]

Ok, I found it. The name of the brown tweed shoes that I have been wearing is "Globe Men's Castro Shoes." That brand has other shoes with strange things and paterns on them, but like I said, I have the brown tweed style. Here's a link to a site that sells them.
http://www.espnshop.com/catalog/prod...l--80246~17101

I'm not too pleased with the look of the edges of the soles, but people have been telling me they look good with my Weathered Lamont kilt.

[Bugbear]

Ok, I finally, thanks to the new photo gallery, have a picture of me in a BZK Kakhi. This is a Christmas picture, so I am opening a gift. Also, I don't know if they are in this picture, but I am wearing the brown tweed Castro shoes.

* I've removed the picture, so I don't have to keep track of it.

And Now that I think about it, this was a pantsless Christmas for me. I spent Christmas, before and after, at other peoples homes and took kilts to wear rather than pants.

[Bugbear]

Hey Alan! Go for the Mexican and Southwestern style design on the apron and the edge of each pleat. If you don't do it, you won't have it!

[Bugbear]

Although Alan, I was talking to a lady the other day who had one of those computer-connected embroidery machines, and I would bet that you could put all kinds of things on the apron.

[Alan H]

Although Alan, I was talking to a lady the other day who had one of those computer-connected embroidery machines, and I would bet that you could put all kinds of things on the apron.

There's a local gal hereabouts that has a business... "nine needles" who can put pretty much anything in 9 colors or less, in embroidery with her nifty machines.

[Bugbear]

There's a local gal hereabouts that has a business... "nine needles" who can put pretty much anything in 9 colors or less, in embroidery with her nifty machines.

I think that is a great idea. Thanks for posting the pics.

[Alan H]

Also, the Nor Cal Rabble meets for it's monthly beerfest at the Devils Canyon Brewery in San Carlos

http://www.devilscanyonbrewery.com

Note this picture:
http://www.devilscanyonbrewery.com/i...dca0d9acb7b6ce

Oh, now...wait. Those are the beer goddesses. Never mind.

Here

http://devilscanyonbrewery.com/index...dca0d9acb7b6ce

I point out to you the logo in the back. I'm thinking that the logo, about 6 inches around, embroidered on the lower right corner of a black X-Kilt overapron would be killer, and show my true incinations.

[Bugbear]

Tartan is as tartan does...