Kentucky Colonel tartan?

[Aeryck]

I don't think anyone is talking about wearing the kilt with the uniform (although that mess jacket might look nice with the kilt, and that high-collared jacket could be nicely converted to a doublet similar to a Montrose). Anyway, the uniform in question is not required attire for a Kentucky Colonel. A recommendation for regular and dress uniforms was approved at the 1931 organizational meeting of the Honorable Order, but the evidence is that only a handful of them were ever made.

That's always been my understanding, too, is that very few were actually made, none were thereafter "required", but they exist in a historical setting, so to speak, and can still be used and considered a valid uniform.

Honestly, I would like to have the mess jacket and have it cut shorter and wear it with a kilt, personally. But that's just me. :-)