Something that Hamish wrote years ago that stuck in my head

[McMurdo]

The thing is that your photos you are showing are different formalities while there really is nothing wrong with the photo of the gent in the Prince Charlie it is rather generic. When I first started wearing the kilt I did wear my Prince Charlie in much the same way, here is a photo of me in my first kilt with my Prince Charlie. I bought it early on so I had something to wear for Burns Night.



There is nothing wrong per se with the above outfit, let me say that off the start however after wearing it a few times I realized I looked just like everyone else.

One thing about wearing Highland wear for me anyway is the individuality of it all so why look like everyone else? Alan, you can wear what you want as can we all, for my part my ideas of what looks good has changed over the years. Also I decided that I should do it right. Another thing about the photos you show are that they are of different levels of formality thus things are going to be different. For more clarification you can see the 1 kilt 10 looks thread that Jamie and I did.
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-attire-46888/
I think hire shops are great places when you are first starting out, but as I grew in confidence I naturally started experimenting with different looks and more colours than white hose for example. These days I prefer to wear white tie formal for events like Burns nights, like this.

There is nothing wrong with this outfit per se let me say that right off, but it is for certain events only, would I wear it to the pub for Tartan Tuesday? No, but for a Burns Night or St. Andrews Ball then I would. I think the thing to remember is context. The right outfit for the right event.

As to PM John Burgess buying him a drink would be a waste as he passed away in 2005 for more information see the website below
http://www.pmjohndburgess.net/