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31st December 13, 10:52 PM
#1
Well I did it all wrong but
I still had fun. Went to New Years Eve dinner with friends wearing my new Buchanan kilt - I didn't have a jacket or vest and I didn't wear a tie and no-dang-body took my picture at the restaurant and I think I had my flashes on inside out but dadgummit I finally went out in public for the first time in a kilt and loved every minute of it.
Stopped by Mother-in-law's house for a visit and took a few crappy phone pics there:
  
Happy new year to all you kind folks! You've all made my 2013 better and I look forward to more of it in 2014.
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31st December 13, 11:08 PM
#2
I think you did just fine, Happy New Year.
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1st January 14, 12:09 AM
#3
And happy new year to you too, Hippie Lee, you look fine!
From my angle, I can't tell a thing about your flashes.
Did anyone complain? No?
Were you cold without tie or jacket? No?
Did you feel grand? Yeah?
Will you do it again? Hell yeah!!
Go out and beat those 49ers? Well, maybe not, but you get the drift.
Welcome to the club, young fella!
Grizzled Ian
XMTS teaches much about formal kilt wear, but otherwise,
... the kilt is clothes, what you wear with it should be what you find best suits you and your lifestyle. (Anne the Pleater) "Sometimes, it is better not to know the facts" (Father Bill)
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1st January 14, 02:47 AM
#4
Well done laddie.  There is only one thing wrong as far as I can see. No smile!
" Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the adherence of idle minds and minor tyrants". Field Marshal Lord Slim.
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1st January 14, 03:51 AM
#5
You took the plunge and did it, so how can you have done it wrong? Ok, so you weren't formally dressed in $1000 of regalia, ok you think you had your flashes on wrong. The kilt police didn't revoke your licence to kilt, so just be proud you did it.
Martin.
AKA - The Scouter in a Kilt.
Proud, but homesick, son of Skye.
Member of the Clan MacLeod Society (Scotland)
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1st January 14, 03:59 AM
#6
I can't see anyone else in those photos with a jacket, vest, and tie, so you are dressed perfectly.
One thing you could try the next time....Did you notice through the evening that your sporran strap would get caught under your kilt apron? Did your sporran hit you uncomfortably? If you tighten up the strap just a bit and let the sporran ride up on your stomach it won't bunch up the apron and will be more comfortable when you walk.
This is not because you are doing anything wrong, just a hint from experience that you don't find in any book.
Steve Ashton
www.freedomkilts.com
Skype (webcam enabled) thewizardofbc
I wear the kilt because: Swish + Swagger = Swoon.
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1st January 14, 04:01 AM
#7
Happy 2014 & you look great!
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2nd January 14, 07:55 AM
#8
Well done, Lee! You're too hard on yourself. Stepping out for the first time is intimidating (and many of us have had that experience) but, you did it and you did it well so, you need not make any apologies. It's a new year and a new experience; there's no turning back now!
Nile
Simon Fraser fought as MacShimidh, a Highland chief… wrapped and belted in a plaid over the top of his linen shirt, like his ordinary kinsmen. He put a bonnet on his head, and stuck the Fraser emblem, a sprig of yew, in it. With the battle cry, A'Chaisteal Dhunaidh and the scream of the pipes, they charged to battle. "The Last Highlander" Sara Fraser
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2nd January 14, 09:22 AM
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Natan Easbaig Mac Dhòmhnaill, FSA Scot
Past High Commissioner, Clan Donald Canada
“Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland, And we, in dreams, behold the Hebrides.” - The Canadian Boat Song.
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2nd January 14, 02:53 PM
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I think you look absolutely grand. Congratulations! And, I think I do see a definite smile beginning to form in that first picture. That Buchanan tartan is so colorful and nice looking, ... but so far I only have one on a flannel shirt from LL Bean. Maybe one day. 
Are you going to watch THE GAME on Monday night?
I changed my signature. The old one was too ridiculous.
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