Everything looks great!
You've avoided all the normal 'mistakes' made by newbies (and many not-so-newbies). I particularly like the fact that you're showing some knee in the traditional way. At any Highland Games I attend, both here in the USA and in Scotland, I so often see kilts worn too low and socks pulled too high.
I've recently taken to wearing the Balmoral I got back in the 1980s, and I do have to be careful! Because a Glengarry you can just pop on your head and it does what it does (making it ideal for Pipe Bands) but a Balmoral takes some care. For one thing, I often don't pull it far enough down in front. And for another thing, I sometimes forget to pull it down on one side, and walk around with that "mushroom head" until I happen to see myself in a mirror. Put on properly, though, nothing looks quite as nice as a Balmoral.
Congrats with the vintage/used PC! I picked up a very nice ex-hire one on Ebay. The fabric is very high quality and soft to the touch, a cut above most PCs I see in the shops. Ditto my black Argyll and tweed Argyll, all vintage things from Ebay.
About Ghillies, I'm glad to hear that yours are comfortable. (Sorry that it took three tries!) It never ceases to amaze me how on Pipe Band chat forums people are always complaining about uncomfortable Ghillies, and talk as if the discomfort is endemic. I still have my first two pair, one got around 1976 and the second around 1985, both Keltic brand, and both are extremely comfortable. A few years ago I got a new pair of a currently popular brand and I didn't like them at all. I went back to the 80s Keltics.
Ex-hire Ghillies come up often on Ebay and I got lucky there, getting a new pair that fit great and look new, for under $50.
About the lacing, here you can see a variety, though within a certain range, worn by long-time regular Ghillies wearers
About kilts, have you considered the Young tartan? It's lovely!
Here's a gorgeous Young kilt by our own Barbara Tewksbury

The colours are so nice!

My single critique of your outfit would be that the kilt is not on centre.
Last edited by OC Richard; 8th February 15 at 07:11 AM.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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