Is it ok...

**Jock Scot** · 25th February 17, 09:45 PM

Crawddaddy.

I have to be careful here, as past experience tells me that you North Americans can get carried away with patterns and colours, and can on occasion, end up looking more like a clown or lumberjack. On the other hand, whilst I fully understand that you are feeling your way in a new clothing culture, which is different enough from what you know to cause a little confusion with your clothing choices, I honestly think that you could be a tad more adventurous with your tattersall shirt patterns than you are. Try not to overthink the colours, the great thing with most tattersall patterns is that from five yards the shirt looks white or cream anyway, provided you don't go down the clown or lumberjack route!

Yes, I fully understand that mistakes are expensive and perhaps embarrassing. Yes, take your time, hurry slowly as my grandfather was want to tell me, do your research, look and learn from those showing examples-----good and not so good---- here with the kilt, where you often have discussions with explanations and reasons for making that particular choice. From that angle it is best to avoid general internet pictures as there are few if any explanations to go with the pictures, so, at least for the time being until your confidence grows, my advice is stick around the threads here for your ideas, it is a fantastic resource for information.

**Terry Searl** · 26th February 17, 02:14 AM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

Crawddaddy.

I have to be careful here, as past experience tells me that you North Americans can get carried away with patterns and colours, and can on occasion, end up looking more like a clown or lumberjack. On the other hand, whilst I fully understand that you are feeling your way in a new clothing culture, which is different enough from what you know to cause a little confusion with your clothing choices, I honestly think that you could be a tad more adventurous with your tattersall shirt patterns than you are. Try not to overthink the colours, the great thing with most tattersall patterns is that from five yards the shirt looks white or cream anyway, provided you don't go down the clown or lumberjack route!

Yes, I fully understand that mistakes are expensive and perhaps embarrassing. Yes, take your time, hurry slowly as my grandfather was want to tell me, do your research, look and learn from those showing examples-----good and not so good---- here with the kilt, where you often have discussions with explanations and reasons for making that particular choice. From that angle it is best to avoid general internet pictures as there are few if any explanations to go with the pictures, so, at least for the time being until your confidence grows, my advice is stick around the threads here for your ideas, it is a fantastic resource for information.

Jock you may know what a clown looks like but you obviously have no idea what a Logger looks like...... lumberjacks are in movies .....Loggers are what lumberjacks think they are portraying......... sort of what you infer North Americans are portraying when they wear the Highland dress .......like you say mind what the internet portrays it is best to avoid certain stereotypings.......yup I was a logger for almost 40 years and never did a logger wear a kilt in the bush......at least not in North America in the last 80 years or so

**Jock Scot** · 26th February 17, 02:26 AM

Sorry Terry, my fault I did not make myself clear. I was talking about shirts and jacket patterns that North Americans have a habbit of opting for , as seen on this website from time to time, not the kilt! I used to employ a couple of Canadian loggers on occasion and I am quite familiar their attire choices!