Wedding attire ideas brainstorming…

[MacLowlife]

NPG, I congratulate you on your plans and on your good sense in knowing that the Bride is the one to please. I wear a kilt less than 10 times a year, but I have bought/worn/sold/attempted a number of "adventurous" and "festive" kilt outfits over the years. Maybe you can avoid some of the mistakes I have made.

The first thing I would urge you to consider is comfort and simplicity. Try to stay away from wardrobe pieces that require your attention or one of your hands- no canes, staves, handheld objects, etc. It is also important not to dress too warmly. Next, though, I would counsel elegance for your wedding. Personally, I suggest a velvet jacket, but some people would shy away from it because of expense or "fussiness". A nice compromise between practicality and luxury- with a historical twist- is moleskin, which is almost as soft as velvet, but is as tough as denim. MacLeay's subjects probably wore wool, but moleskin has a long history, too, and a moleskin jacket along the lines of theirs would be a nice way to nod in that direction. These days, it is fairly easy to find a moleskin jacket in navy that can be adapted for kilt use and I recommend that you look for one. A wedding is an occasion that calls for shiny buttons, even if you take them off and use horn ones forever after. David L Pope's suggestion of a brightly colored waistcoat is a nice touch.

Have you searched for older wedding threads? Various members have raised versions of this topic before. There are literally hundreds of threads and posts that discuss wedding attire, though not so many with your exact set of circumstances. Is there any way that you can afford small pieces of your new tartan for all of the guests? Can you incorporate that somehow? a bow on a gift bag, a ribbon around the napkins, pocket squares or scarves? Or, in these days of color printing on your desktop, can you scan the tartan and print it onto paper and use it effectively? Good Luck and let us know what you come up with.