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    Some brown tweeds look fantastic. Others look dated and very 1970s. In my opinion, the pinkish brown herring bone falls into the latter category while the other has a timeless appeal.

    I own two tweed jackets with lots of brown, but I'm just not as big a fan of sample one as I am of sample two.

    Obviously, you can't go wrong and you'll have admirers either way. Since you can't please everyone, choose the one that YOU like best!
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    My reaction to these photos...

    I'm OK with this one...



    I like this one a lot.



    This one is great.



    All three of these are good, but I see more olive than brown.


    I like this, but again, it looks olive green on my monitor.


    This one is OK. I actually like the obvious quality of the cloth and the cut more than the colour.




    I'm really not a fan of these jackets. Each to his own, but this colour doesn't appeal to my taste. I've seen this photo many times and while the outfits are perfectly traditional and correct, there's nothing here I feel the need to emulate in my own attire.



    Lots of great stuff on parade here. The gent with the bias cut tartan waistcoat looks particularly smart.



    All four of these gents look good. I really like Kyle's jacket here. It's unique but the check is classic rather than dated.



    Three nice earthy jackets here...
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    I think with that tartan you could wear just about anything you'd like! What, a bit prejudice you say?

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    Quote Originally Posted by creagdhubh View Post
    Definitely the brown based tweed with the subtle windowpane pattern (top). I think it looks very smart with the tartan and colour scheme of your kilt; a lovely contrast. The other tweed is smart as well, but its overal hue is more on the green side, like your kilt. Brown based tweeds, of any pattern, are highly underused this day in age, yet that wasn't always the case not too long ago. I absolutely adore them!

    By the way, the medium-weight tweeds used for my kilt jackets and waistcoats are from Lovat Mill (Kirkton Range).

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    I like both of them , however , I agree with Kyle , brown based tweeds are underused today .

    Either would work well with most tartans , but the brown offers a nice contrast and would be my choice .
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tobus View Post
    I like the top one better, for the reasons already stated by others. But then, I like brown hues with tartan kilts. The bottom one, to me, is a ho-hum generic grey. It may have interesting colours when seen up close, but from a distance it will look like plain old grey. Or at least that's how it looks on my monitor.
    Precisely, Tobus.

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    Here's a good photo showing a varying range of earthy tweeds in browns and greens:


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    Quote Originally Posted by Nathan View Post
    Some brown tweeds look fantastic. Others look dated and very 1970s. In my opinion, the pinkish brown herring bone falls into the latter category while the other has a timeless appeal.
    Nathan, you are perfectly entitled to your own opinion, but I'm having trouble understanding how you find that particular tweed to be "dated" and reminiscent of the 1970s (and thus undesirable) when, at the same time, you say you like that small check pattern tweed (third image in your previous post where you commented on the images from Kyle). Of the two, I would think that the latter is the one that has more of a '70s vibe. Out of curiosity, what is it about that first tweed that gives it a '70s look in your opinion? Maybe my monitor is different than yours, but it doesn't look pinkish at all to me. What I often do when looking at tweeds is to blur my eyes and pretend I'm seeing it from a distance where the pattern blends together a bit more. And when I do that to the first tweed in this thread, I see an overall two-tone brown, with one being more yellowish and the other more of a traditional tan or light brown. I'm not getting a pink effect, though.

    Personally, even though I cringe when I look at my own wardrobe from the 1970s, I do kind of like the vintage kilt jackets from that era. There were a lot of sartorial decisions in that decade which are regretful in retrospect, but one that I think is timeless is the use of earthy colours without the need to tone them down or over-use contrasting colours. And of course I'm a fan of bold patterned jackets in general, which were all the rage back then. This is why I'm a bit confused as to how a very simple and understated brown tweed looks dated but a bold pattern doesn't.

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    Here's a good one from the 1970s:

    Ian Campbell, 12th and 5th Duke of Argyll, during the march from Oban to Mossfield Park for the Argyllshire Gathering and Highland Games.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tobus View Post
    Nathan, you are perfectly entitled to your own opinion, but I'm having trouble understanding how you find that particular tweed to be "dated" and reminiscent of the 1970s (and thus undesirable) when, at the same time, you say you like that small check pattern tweed (third image in your previous post where you commented on the images from Kyle). Of the two, I would think that the latter is the one that has more of a '70s vibe. Out of curiosity, what is it about that first tweed that gives it a '70s look in your opinion? Maybe my monitor is different than yours, but it doesn't look pinkish at all to me. What I often do when looking at tweeds is to blur my eyes and pretend I'm seeing it from a distance where the pattern blends together a bit more. And when I do that to the first tweed in this thread, I see an overall two-tone brown, with one being more yellowish and the other more of a traditional tan or light brown. I'm not getting a pink effect, though.

    Personally, even though I cringe when I look at my own wardrobe from the 1970s, I do kind of like the vintage kilt jackets from that era. There were a lot of sartorial decisions in that decade which are regretful in retrospect, but one that I think is timeless is the use of earthy colours without the need to tone them down or over-use contrasting colours. And of course I'm a fan of bold patterned jackets in general, which were all the rage back then. This is why I'm a bit confused as to how a very simple and understated brown tweed looks dated but a bold pattern doesn't.
    Granted, it doesn't look pinkish on this monitor but then, the second one looks more greenish with a brown window pane than greyish on this monitor too.

    I think checks and plaids are enjoying a renaissance but the two tone brown herringbone tweed didn't make the comeback in the same way as some other patterns like houndstooth and glen check. All the jackets I find in the thrift store cut from this cloth don't have very contemporary styling.

    I'm just not a fan of that particular brown herringbone tweed. On the other hand, I would have a jacket made in the second tweed in a heartbeat. The colour scheme of the second sample compliments the tartan much the way a lovat green tweed would but is visually interesting and less generic.

    At the end of the day, it comes down to aesthetics. There's no right or wrong when it comes to taste - just preferences.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nathan View Post
    I think checks and plaids are enjoying a renaissance but the two tone brown herringbone tweed didn't make the comeback in the same way as some other patterns like houndstooth and glen check. All the jackets I find in the thrift store cut from this cloth don't have very contemporary styling.
    You say this as if it's a bad thing!

    I'm not a fan of contemporary styling. I do agree that there's no right or wrong here; it's just preferences. But on that subject, one other thing that struck me was your 7th photo that you commented on, which you said didn't appeal to you because of the colour of the two jackets. And while I do agree with you about those jackets not being particularly appealing, my reason is because they are very modern to my eye. The cuff detail (or lack thereof), the button choice, pocket flap shape, and the overall streamlined/simple presentation of these jackets just doesn't do anything for me, regardless of the colour. Granted, the photo was taken from a horribly unattractive angle, which doesn't help. But I rather tend to think those jackets, in those tweed colours, would look smashing if they were built with the kind of detail seen in more traditional Argyll jackets (i.e. horn buttons, gauntlet cuffs, shaped pocket flaps, epaulets, and a more tailored fit instead of a boxy/baggy cut).

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