Kilt Jacket

[OC Richard]

There are colours, and there are non-colours like black and grey.

Black and grey don't clash with anything; they don't detract from the overall outfit.

Neither do they add to it.

With Black Stewart and Black Watch (two very handsome tartans by the way) traditional kilt jacket colours like Lovat Blue, Lovat Green, Moss Green, and various browns would all do very nicely.

The Lovats have been very popular kilt jacket colours throughout the 20th century probably because they look good with just about any tartan.

Your grey tartan, is it one of the modern grey-scale tartans? Grey Hamilton has got hugely popular with kilt hire, and is usually seen with an entire grey-scale outfit. Now quite a few tartans are woven entirely in shades of grey.

Needless to say these grey-scale outfits are a recent thing, and fall outside of traditional Highland Dress (my area of interest). To me these grey-scale tartans only look right with the grey jackets they were intended for.

Traditional tweed jackets with a variety of tartans, Scotland 1950s. Note that little or no "matching" is going on.



Brown jacket co-ordinating beautifully with a Black Watch kilt. There is no brown in the tartan, which is why it co-ordinates.



Modern grey-scale Kilt Hire outfit. This pic looks B&W but it's actually in full colour, as can be seen by the tartan swatches in the background. Meh. Highlanders have always loved colour! I look forward to the passing of this current fad.