Semi-Formal w/ Brown Accessories

[O'Neille]

So, this week in Minneapolis I have a lot of kilting opportunity and will be wearing my brown accessories and packing my black for a few dinner parties. I've collected a few brown items to make up a brown kit. The Individual bits include: New Tan Ghillie Brogues (Ebay) http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=20656 , 2.5" brown leather belt (self made), New Pewter Buckle (self made), Brown sporran strap (self made), and my Kilted KT made brown sporran w/ rotary clasp. All of this together will make up my informal, but still dressy outfit. I plan on wearing the basics w/ a collared long sleeve shirt on the plane and just adding a jacket when I arrive for an afternoon reception. I'll be going black and dress sporran for the evening events.

With all the recent chatter about daywear, brown accessories, formal wear and such, I thought I'd try a few things and see how they worked out. Please don't judge every outfit. This was just an experiment with changing a few elements of an outfit to see how they change things. It may also help those who are trying to decide about new items. I also didn't do the obvious and go with my Weathered Lamont, khaki collared shirt, green hose etc... that would have been safe and easy. Here is my photo comparison experiment.

Cameron of Erracht, black Argyle, Cream hose, navy flashes, white shirt, black tie





light blue shirt and lovat blue hose w/same



Same outfit with gray crail jacket





Changed to Saffron SWK heavy, Argyle, cream hose, green flashes, white shirt, green tie





Same outfit with grey crail jacket





The buckle is solid pewter weighing in at 9 oz with a steel thorn. After a few tweaks it will be ready for KiltsRock.com