Solid Color or Tartan Tie?

[Nathan]

Your choice of tie is your own but regimental and club ties are a very popular choice among native Highlanders who wear the kilt regularly. I think it's a smart look and don't worry about an exact match. Solid are fine as well. Many dislike tartan ties with the kilt some like them. With that back drop, they are a more divisive choice. If you like them and don't care about that, go for it.

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[OC Richard]

Yes a necktie is a perfect place for a splash of colour and pattern. Doing the "matching" thing throws that opportunity away.

I feel the same about hose. With Highland Dress a man, vertically, is divided into three parts jacket/kilt/hose. That's a wonderful opportunity for a colour triad of some sort. Having two, or heaven forbid all three, the same wastes the potential for colour.

[Calgacus]

I've said this before in another thread. I have only three ties which I actually wear:-

A black bow tie (for formal events)
A black necktie (for funerals)
A university tie (for everything else)

Does my university tie match everything I wear with it? No, probably not, but that's not the point.

[Zardoz]

I'm not opposed to matching tartan ties, or flashes, but I think a tartan tie should have a waistcoat between the kilt and the tie.

[YOJiMBO20]

I'm not opposed to matching tartan ties, or flashes, but I think a tartan tie should have a waistcoat between the kilt and the tie.

As long as it's not a tartan waistcoat.