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 style question - tartan flashes, solid flashes or no flashes?
Hi, long time lurker and first time poster here with a question for the sartorialists among us:
Will tartan flashes matched to my kilt (Cameron of Erracht) make me look like I'm on my way to a fancy dress party?
Or should I go with solid dark green or navy flashes - or just the elastic without flashes?
I prefer a more streamlined and toned-down look - save me from looking like a stepped off a shortbread tin please and post your thoughts!
Cheers
Moose
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Hi and welcome, I like not to have flashes for a every day outing but on a more formal day/eve out then flashes
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aye... like dwg69 ai usually scroonch ma hose doon
and dinnae wear flashes a'taw...
ai wear tartan flashes fur maire formal occasions ...
like ga'in' oot fur supper....
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 Originally Posted by Pour1Malt
aye... like dwg69 ai usually scroonch ma hose doon
and dinnae wear flashes a'taw...
ai wear tartan flashes fur maire formal occasions ...
like ga'in' oot fur supper....
Ah wisnae sure I could pull off yon "Vin Diesel" look masel ... aye thought it wis mair ey a young man's look, but ah'll gie it a go!
Cheers PTM
Moose
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weel... it works fur Hamish tae... 
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Personally when I am wearing my hose up, I now base my flashes on matching the tartan. My first pair of flashes were solid balck and worked ok, but the red ones were better and than the MacKenzie and the Watson tartan flashes (depending which kilt of course) just add to the whole outfit.
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Originally Posted by Pour1Malt
weel... it works fur Hamish tae...
Many thanks for the acknowledgement, Robertson!
With hose worn rolled/folded/scrunched down, for me, it is obviously a case of no flashes. I have seen kilted guys wearing flashes with hose worn in that fashion, but it just looks plain slovenly.
With tartan and traditionally-styled plain kilts, and with the hose pulled up, I do wear flashes. Sometimes in tartan to match the kilt, and sometimes in a plain colour either in a shade to compliment the tartan, or in a shade to match the plain kilt. (eg: plain maroon TFCK kilt with plain maroon flashes). The decision as to whether it's to be tartan or plain flashes with a tartan kilt is made purely on a whim, or my mood, at the time of dressing!
With Utilikilts, and other contemporary non-traditional-styled kilts, and with the hose pulled up, I seldom if ever wear flashes.
As we all know, there are no rules. The above represents my own guidelines, but even guidelines can be bent, or even broken, from time to time!
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Originally Posted by Moose McLennan
Ah wisnae sure I could pull off yon "Vin Diesel" look masel ... aye thought it wis mair ey a young man's look, but ah'll gie it a go!
Cheers PTM
Moose
...wow!...they're reproducing!!!!!! 
:mrgreen:...but I like to see that language alive!
¡Salud!
T O N O
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I'll have to say I like solid colors better, when I wear flashes. I do have one pair of Black Watch tartan flashes, but if I am wearing dark hose (navy or black) they almost disappear! I also like coordinating the flashes and shirt color sometimes, which is not possible with tartan flashes.
The kilt concealed a blaster strapped to his thigh. Lazarus Long
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31st May 06, 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by dwg69
Hi and welcome, I like not to have flashes for a every day outing but on a more formal day/eve out then flashes
Great pics! Very nice liking kilts!
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