Balmoral bonnet and feathers...

[Jock Scot]

Worry not Thomas, the cromach is standard issue in the Highlands.

[creagdhubh]

Worry not Thomas, the cromach is standard issue in the Highlands.

Precisely, Jock! Superb photo!

Cheers,

[Thomas H]

Thank You for clearing that up. Cool I will get one then

[Thomas H]

What if some one took all the info from the X marks the Scot and Made a Big book of the do's and dont's of the KILT!! I would buy that ,They could make it a soft back book and sell it at the Games.

[piperdbh]

Thank You for clearing that up. Cool I will get one then

You could go out in a laurel thicket and cut a fine walking stick, if you want to have a "native" cromach.

[creagdhubh]

What if some one took all the info from the X marks the Scot and Made a Big book of the do's and dont's of the KILT!! I would buy that ,They could make it a soft back book and sell it at the Games.

That would most definitely be a thick book, with many opinions! I believe one of our resident kilt-makers, Matthew Newsome, has authored such a book. And of course, there is J. "Scotty" Thompson's, 'So You're Going to Wear the Kilt.' There are also many, many other books that discuss the wearing of Highland dress, some dated, some not so much. The "search" option on this forum works very well to assist with personal queries pertaining to "The Garb of the Old Gaul."

Cheers,

[Jock Scot]

What if some one took all the info from the X marks the Scot and Made a Big book of the do's and dont's of the KILT!! I would buy that ,They could make it a soft back book and sell it at the Games.

Its a nice idea, but do you think a website where the members cannot even agree about hose colour, or what height the kilt should be worn at, is capable of such a feat?

[creagdhubh]

Its a nice idea, but do you think a website where the members cannot even agree about hose colour, or what height the kilt should be worn at, is capable of such a feat?

Quite!

[Thomas H]

That is a good point!!!!

[Phil]

What if some one took all the info from the X marks the Scot and Made a Big book of the do's and dont's of the KILT!! I would buy that ,They could make it a soft back book and sell it at the Games.

Indeed, but as others have indicated, there are as many opinions as people wearing the kilt. I know that it is important for people wearing any form of dress to be confident that they are wearing it "correctly". Particularly if it is a form of dress to which they are really not familiar. As long as they are not wearing it with the pleats to the front, however, everything else is a matter of taste. Which reminds me of a limerick
"And they argued all night
About who had the right
To do what, and with which, and to whom"

I won't expand upon it as it is not in the best possible taste (in common with most limericks) but suffice it to say that what I think is how the kilt should be worn is not the same as my sons or their contemporaries think. What I see as poor taste, they revel in and what I regard as traditional, they reject as is the way between generations, and probably always has been.
Getting back to the original subject of Balmoral bonnets and the pros and cons of wearing feathers, I regard anyone with a bunch of feathers in his Balmoral as a bit of a poser, an attention-seeking individual who deserves a condescending smile - no more. I would defend his right to do so to my last breath, however.