wearing the military style kilt

[sailortats]

I recently received a Black Watch military style (4 inch rise) kilt. I have the accoutrements to wear it as a pseudo uniform. (see attached)
But I am wondering how those of you that also have this style of kilt wear yours.

I am sorry for the large picture but I have recently upgraded to Windows 10 and there does not seem to be any way to reduce the overall size of a picture.

[Profane James]

I wear mine like a push-up bra!

[Father Bill]

Phil, you look good ol' bud!

I generally reduce picture size by attaching them to an E-mail to myself. I'm given the option of reducing it, which I always take. I don't even send the E; I just copy the picture and use it to replace the one I'm about to upload.

Having said that, your pic is a reasonable size. The ones I hate are the ones that force me to reduce my screen size in order to see them, after which I can't read the text without going back and forth.

[Lady Grey]

I have no answer to your question but I think you look terrific!

[freddie]

Looking good.

[Bruce Scott]

Smart turnout!

I have noticed that the soldiers of the RRS wear their belts close to the top edge of the kilts.

[OC Richard]

You look squared away except for one thing: soldiers are very careful to wear their kilts centered.

And not just soldiers! In the civilian Pipe Band scene experienced kilt-wearers can often be distinguished by the way they wear everying properly: the hose and garters symmetrical, the kilt centered and worn at the right height, etc.

In the army, what portion of the tartan is centered varies by regiment, and even within the regiment. For example Other Ranks and Officers of the old Gordon Highlanders wore their kilts centered differently.

Here as you can see enlisted men have the yellow line centered, officers have the blue block centered



But the kilt itself will tell you where the centerline is: you can look at the front apron as a whole and see.

Here's the Drum Major of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders in shirtsleeve order, which is what your outfit is most similar to; note that British army shirts don't have the beads down the front.



Myself as a Black Watch piper in shirtsleeve order this year at Fort MacArthur. The kilt is a regimental weight kilt made by House Of Edgar.



Last year at Fort MacArthur wearing the Khaki Drill tunic, worn 1908-1939 more or less

[MacEanruig]

You have that Regimental Sergeant Major look. Looks good.

[Laird O'the Cowcaddens]

I think you only need to change 2 things and you will be 100% squared away. No jacket = short sleeve order or JHW. Change the Glen G from diced (BW doesn't wear diced) to Black with Pom, or wear a TOS with tartan flash - NO HACKLE.

[DotDLL]

I recently received a Black Watch military style (4 inch rise) kilt. I have the accoutrements to wear it as a pseudo uniform. (see attached)
But I am wondering how those of you that also have this style of kilt wear yours.

I've had a military-styled kilt for a few years now, a Black Watch kilt from What Price Glory. It's easily one of my favorite kilts!

I've found it to be a good kilt for day-wear, especially in New England winters. It's warm, and it stands up to wind extremely well.

Most of the time I wear it, it's worn in a non-military style (although I'm not sure if this is a good term for it). I tend to pair it with a vest, sometimes a jacket, and quite often with a sweater. Those items usually cover most, if not all of the top part of the kilt. They also help keep in my body heat.

All of this tends to get paired with thick socks, occasionally some kind of boot that works reasonably well in slush or snow (and at least rises above the ankle), one or more inner shirts, and maybe a hat.

The whole setup works really well with temperature regulation, at least in my experience. I spend much of my week at an indoor-centric desk job, at an office whose temperature adjusts throughout the day. If it's warm, I can remove some of the upper layers, maybe scrunch down the socks. If it's cold, or if I need to go out, I can add layers on. Unless it's incredibly cold out, and well below freezing with a fair amount of wind, it works rather well. :-)

-- David L.