Ties and kilts

[Alan H]

Pass. But I do have to say that I don't like that look very much myself, even if it is well accepted and very traditional

But then again this is not about following "rules". It is about knowing what the traditions are, what the current fashions are, and then pleasing yourself. At least if you do something others would not normally do you are doing so knowingly, not out of ignorance of the customs

Well said. Exactly.

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I have to agree with the folks who point out that "tartan tie and tartan kilt is overkill"...

...but notice that a number of us wear tartan waistcoats with tartan kilts. I've seen someone wearing a MacNaughton kilt, MacNaughton cadadh (tartan hose), and a MacNaughton tartan waistcoat, overlain with a brick red jacketm, and paired up with patent leather buckle brogues.. A number of us here would consider that to be the height of "proper" but yet go squeamish at the thought of a tartan tie.

Makes no sense to me.

BTW, I thought the guy decked out head to toe in MacNaughton looked ruddy awful, but hey, if he wants to wear the stuff, he's got the right to it.