Hawaiian shirt with an XMTS tartan kilt

[Dughlas mor]

I wouldn`t wear such only because I`m not into Hawaiian shirts. It certainly works for you, though, Jamie. Such panache!

[ratspike]

My big question now is is it OK to wear a guayabera shirt with a kilt?

Yes, absolutely. I really like my black Cubavera with a kilt.

[Couper]

The colors certainly go well together and it makes for a nice-looking casual outfit. That is something I would wear out and about. Voted: "Yes, it works." It works well IMHO.

[freep]

I was just thinking about doing this today after seeing some aloha shirts in a store yesterday.

I say, Rock on, young son!

[Liam]

I think the aloha shirt is perhaps better worn with a solid color kilt, something like a 5.11 TDK and others. However from the pic above I can see that it might work with tartan if carefully chosen. I do like the camp shirt style, of which the aloha shirt is just a color variation, and have worn solid color camp shirts with a tartan kilt. I think River Kilt has posted pics before of himself wearing untucked aloha shirts at parties.

I have a couple of aloha shirts, one that is special to me because of when and where and how I got it. I may have to experiment with it. Steve Ashton, the Wizard of BC, has written often here that the simplest way to coordinate things when wearing a kilt is to put on matching shirt and hose, or a combination that nearly matches, and then put on any kilt you chose. I suppose if you wore hose close to matching the main color of a Hawaiian shirt the aloha shirt and tartan combination could be pulled off better. The shirt should be tucked in unless your taking part in some very informal activity, like a rowdy party.

My big question now is is it OK to wear a guayabera shirt with a kilt?

Jamie and Ron(RiverKilt) can both pull off looks that we mere mortals cannot!

[Jock Scot]

I have been pondering this thread in the quiet moments of my somewhat hectic life and whilst I do come from the direction of the more conservative kilt wearing fraternity, I do realise that not everyone is. Yes, kilt attire is clothing, but is it just clothing? To me, no, no its not. To others, undoubtably it is and then there are others that hover from one train of thought to the other, depending on the occasion.

Having said that, I do think that we have to accept that some mixtures of attire do not mix well with other sets of attire and as in this case of Jamie's, in my humble opinion they really do not gel happily together. There are worse examples though!

We see this happening a lot on this website. Mixing assorted military traditions with the kilt for one, cowboy boots and stetsons with the kilt, for another. From this old kilt wearing curmudgeon's point of view, I do have to wonder why some of you choose to wear the kilt at all! Yes yes alright, we all need to wear something around our nether regions, but the kilt?

Yes, I do understand that climate, both hotter and colder than anything Scotland normally experiences, is a factor. Yes I realise that kilt wearing traditions are generally fairly new to most of you and some do honestly see that the kilt is just clothing and fair enough. For the rest, I really do think that a tad more thought in choosing one's kilt attire and if one must, mixing Saxon attire traditions with it could be used to better advantage as far as the tartan kilt is concerned. I am afraid to say, that I see examples of this mixing of dress traditions that fail, all too often here and elsewhere, particularly on general internet kilt pictures.

[Bob C]

No. The hat does not work, either.

[kilted firefighter]

Sorry... I've debated responding to this thread because "if you don't have anything nice to say".....I try not to post anything negative but, since you asked, this makes me cringe. If I saw this outfit in the wild it would be hard not to stare. I don't think it's the color or pattern of the shirt. The hose remind me of school girl uniform socks, and the shirt opening is creepily close to the top of the kilt. I hope my reply has not crossed the line from simply sharing my opinion into being rude and insulting. I have the greatest respect for your sense of fashion and observe your posts carefully.

[Panache]

Sorry... I've debated responding to this thread because "if you don't have anything nice to say".....I try not to post anything negative but, since you asked, this makes me cringe. If I saw this outfit in the wild it would be hard not to stare. I don't think it's the color or pattern of the shirt. The hose remind me of school girl uniform socks, and the shirt opening is creepily close to the top of the kilt. I hope my reply has not crossed the line from simply sharing my opinion into being rude and insulting. I have the greatest respect for your sense of fashion and observe your posts carefully.

kf,

Just to point out that the hose are the sort Rocky sells (navy blue) and that color is often paired with the XMTS tartan.
if you don't believe me, take a look at the top of the page

Cheers

Jamie

P.S. No offense taken as I did offer myself and my attire for debate

[Benning Boy]

Well, in some eyes who dares sins.

I decided to go out on the limb and test the aloha waters the other day, but in a slightly conservative way. Instead of a Hawaiian shirt, I put on a camp shirt with a batik pattern that's predominately brown, with shades of black and gray and combined that with black hose and a Black Watch kilt. While out and about no one said a thing about it, but when I got home my wife, who likes almost every other way I dress when kilted, look askance and mumbled something under her breath. I think I will reserve the more adventurous looks for when wearing a 5.11 TDK, or going to a wild crazy party. The kind where everyone is so drunk or high they think every thing is cool, man.