Kilt and necktie in matching tartan?

[thescot]

A perfect example of what makes many a Scot cringe. The damage that TV and music hall Scots "personalities" have done to the Scots image will haunt Scotland for many years still to come.

Jock, my friend, after viewing that video, I, too, will be haunted for many years to come! I guess the singing was fine, but I couldn't get past the fact that his mother dresses him so funny! The tie! . . . The hose! . . . Oh, the humanity!

The same could be said for southerners: if a person has a sounther accent in a movie, he's either crooked or stupid. Kind of the way men seem to be pressented in almost all modern TV programs.

Oh, well. let's just watch that tartan tie thing!

[Panache]

The thing about wearing tartan neckties with a tartan kilt is that even if they're the same tartan, the sett size is usually different (as ties will generally use a smaller sett so you can actually see the repeat). This makes it look strange to me, as if they go together, but only by accident.

What does the rabble think of Andy Stewart's kit here?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCSB_BiNSZo

His outfit is...err...one that I would not choose to wear myself

However he does provide a good example of why a tartan tie running straight into the tartan kilt isn't terribly flattering. To me it looks odd with different the sett sizes (as Tobus mentioned) running straight into each other. A muddled sort of look where neither the kilt nor the tie has any distinction from the other yet they don't blend together. A waistcoat would have helped his outfit. Actually his outfit needed quite a bit of help, but a waistcoat would have been a good start!

Cheers

Jamie