To plaid or not to plaid.....thats the question??

[Nathan]

Do you know, I rather think many would be much better spending their hard earned loot on properly fitting kilt attire, by that I mean more of a tailored look, than chasing round after this that and the other accessory and then adding it to the often ill fitting basics. Those in the past who cut a dash in a superbly fitted dinner jackets, like Spencer Tracy, Fred Astaire, Humphrey Bogart, Richard Todd, Cary Grant and others had style even when wearing the same sort of attire as others. Their trick was to have well fitting outfits and it really is something that kilt wearers ought to bear in mind more often and it may work out less expensive in the long run. It does not always mean that one must visit the most expensive tailor, but it does require more than a certain amount of know how with what is actually required with basic kilt attire, as opposed to making do, and then the help of some skilled person with a needle and thread.

This is so very true! It's certainly worth the extra cash to have that nice vintage ebay tweed properly altered to fit your body. Don't be content to have the sleeves too long and the body too big. People can and do notice if your clothes don't fit properly. Even if you can't spare the cash to get all the tailoring done at once, do the sleeves one month and perhaps have that collar roll taken care of on another pay day down the road. it's worth it to have garments that fit properly. They look significantly better and when your clothes fit, you have that comfort, confidence and ease that Geoff mentions because you know you look like a million bucks.