Kilts

Phil_aka_Pip

vale said:

i think more guys should wear kilts. they look incredibly dashing (if worn with pride and not embarrassment). and more than kilts, cool patterned skirts, pleated skirts, not just the utilikilt thing.

women added trousers to their options en masse in the uk over a hundred years ago. long overdue time for hidebound men to liberate yourselves from that self-imposed 'mens wear' life-sentence!

My mum (used to be a fashion designer) once noted that in some eastern countries, the men get the robes and the women get the bifurcated (trouser-ish) garments. As if them with the dangly bits are allowed to let them dangle, and them with no dangly bits who don't need dangle-room get the garments that don't allow dangle quite so well.

Maybe it's us northern europeans who got it the wrong way round?

ICBM

As a former Englishman and adopted Scot, I’ve never worn one and never will... too close to ‘cultural appropriation’ or whatever they call it. Fake, in other words.

I have worn a proper over-the-shoulder plaid at a historic re-enactment thing though - somehow that seemed just like dressing up. I did cheat and keep my t-shirt and boxers on underneath though!

gringopig

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gusman2x

Really miss the opportunity to wear the kilt now. Wore it all through my youth and my early adult years. I live in England now, and everyone I know is either married, or won't be getting married, so my opportunities are few.

This is the Cameron of Lochiel Ancient Dress. Not my favourite, but you kinda need to wear it for your wedding. My preference would have been the Cameron of Erracht Regimental.

https://i.imgur.com/V5STYVT.jpg

MrBump

I've often wondered if my notional Celtic ancestry is the reason for my penchant for wearing a frock at the weekend.

Snap

Kilts IMO should only be worn by Scots. Not by umpteenth generation English with distant Scottish roots. IE people like me.

Apparently we have a family tartan, but I wouldn't wear it: I was born in England, therefore I am English. So, for my traditional dress code I wear full Morris dancer regalia at weddings and formal events.

Bridgehouse

Snap said:

Kilts IMO should only be worn by Scots. Not by umpteenth generation English with distant Scottish roots. IE people like me.

Apparently we have a family tartan, but I wouldn't wear it: I was born in England, therefore I am English. So, for my traditional dress code I wear full Morris dancer regalia at weddings and formal events.

Scottish lineage passes through the female line - if you marry a Scots lass (Scottish or not) you join the clan!

Clarky

Bridgehouse said:

Snap said:

Kilts IMO should only be worn by Scots. Not by umpteenth generation English with distant Scottish roots. IE people like me.

Apparently we have a family tartan, but I wouldn't wear it: I was born in England, therefore I am English. So, for my traditional dress code I wear full Morris dancer regalia at weddings and formal events.

Scottish lineage passes through the female line - if you marry a Scots lass (Scottish or not) you join the clan!

my dad's side of the family are Preston clan
does that mean I don't get to wear the cool blue tartan???
boooo ! ! ! !

mikeyrob73

gringopig said:

ICBM said:

As a former Englishman and adopted Scot, I’ve never worn one and never will... too close to ‘cultural appropriation’ or whatever they call it. Fake, in other words.

I have worn a proper over-the-shoulder plaid at a historic re-enactment thing though - somehow that seemed just like dressing up. I did cheat and keep my t-shirt and boxers on underneath though!

But can you name 5 of The Broons and Oor Wullie's mouse?

(without cheating on the internet lol)

Hen, Daphne, Horace , the Bairn and Joe 
Oor Wullies Mouse is called Jeemy 


I still get the book every xmas :-) 

Bridgehouse

Clarky said:

Bridgehouse said:

Snap said:

Kilts IMO should only be worn by Scots. Not by umpteenth generation English with distant Scottish roots. IE people like me.

Apparently we have a family tartan, but I wouldn't wear it: I was born in England, therefore I am English. So, for my traditional dress code I wear full Morris dancer regalia at weddings and formal events.

Scottish lineage passes through the female line - if you marry a Scots lass (Scottish or not) you join the clan!

my dad's side of the family are Preston clan
does that mean I don't get to wear the cool blue tartan???
boooo ! ! ! !

You keep your current clan till you marry so you can still wear the blue

DiscoStu

My clan would wear a Robertson tartan. Pity I don't really like any of them! I much prefer the modern darker tartans, this is the one in my OP, Dark Lochnagar. Most of the men at the wedding were wearing grey or black tartan, it's very much the fashion right now, especially with grey dress jackets and black shirt/socks.

mikeyrob73

DiscoStu said:

My clan would wear a Robertson tartan. Pity I don't really like any of them! I much prefer the modern darker tartans, this is the one in my OP, Dark Lochnagar. Most of the men at the wedding were wearing grey or black tartan, it's very much the fashion right now, especially with grey dress jackets and black shirt/socks.

Although these newer tartans are very fashionable i still prefer my Robertson Hunting Tartan



its Tradition init :-P 

DiscoStu

Help ma boab @mikeyrob73 ;!
If I ever get married I would probably go with a clan tartan but as a guest I prefer the more metal look!

According to some clan sites I can also wear MacGregor but they tend to be red and red ain't my thing.

mikeyrob73

Nah im not big on Red Tartan either , like the Robertson Modern all  a bit loud for me 

Clarky

DiscoStu said:

Help ma boab @mikeyrob73 ;!
If I ever get married I would probably go with a clan tartan but as a guest I prefer the more metal look!

According to some clan sites I can also wear MacGregor but they tend to be red and red ain't my thing.

black leather with studs clan Judas Priest tartan?

Bridgehouse

mikeyrob73 said:

Nah im not big on Red Tartan either , like the Robertson Modern all  a bit loud for me 

I loved my red Cunningham. Felt like I was wearing a picnic blanket

Bridgehouse

Oh, and it still fits

Clarky

Bridgehouse said:

Clarky said:

Bridgehouse said:

Snap said:

Kilts IMO should only be worn by Scots. Not by umpteenth generation English with distant Scottish roots. IE people like me.

Apparently we have a family tartan, but I wouldn't wear it: I was born in England, therefore I am English. So, for my traditional dress code I wear full Morris dancer regalia at weddings and formal events.

Scottish lineage passes through the female line - if you marry a Scots lass (Scottish or not) you join the clan!

my dad's side of the family are Preston clan
does that mean I don't get to wear the cool blue tartan???
boooo ! ! ! !

You keep your current clan till you marry so you can still wear the blue

I'm already married.. she's Cumbrian..
which for the perspective of someone down here is somewhere near Iceland I think

Bridgehouse

@Clarky - like the sausage?

mikeyrob73

This was a St Andrews Tartan i wore for a wedding last year which was nice with the blue jacket 



and this is a Black Watch which i wore on my Wedding day for my dear departed Grandad who was in the Black Watch