New Member in need of advice/items.

[KnittedReenactor]

Kilt pins are a pretty modern invention, only about 125 years and apparently the creation of Queen Victoria. They are decorative items that do not have a practical function. I have 5 currently, but only wear one or two with any regularity. You'll eventually pick up some to add specific flair, but they are far from de rigueur.

A couple pairs of kilt hose and garters or flashes are priority items. They serve to dress up your outfits as well as keep your feet and legs warm in colder weather. You'd be surprised just how warm your legs will be with some good wool hose. Typically avoid stark white, as many associate it with rental wear or uniformed newbies. My preference is for knitted garter ties. The history, fashion aspect, and the simple fact that I can make my own custom pairs in a couple hours for a pittance. Red is also the go to traditional standard color for most kilts, rather than tartan.

A sporran is of even greater need than hose and flashes/garters. It is your pocket for wallet, phone, etc. and as a symbol to the uniformed that you are not a man in a skirt, but a noble highlander in a distinguished, manly KILT!! (cue "Scotland the Brave"). Most of the inexpensive $60 leather day sporrans would be perfectly useable and acceptable for a new kilter. If you want the most technical utility, then you have hair sporrans and full mask fur sporrans, which (again) technically have precedent for covering every possible social situation. But they are usually much more expensive and far too ostentatious for today's daily life.

Most of the advertisers here stock these most important essentials. Other possibilities exist through ebay, but I recommend sticking to preowned sporrans or a Royal Regiment of Scotland surplus leather one. A lot of the 'New' options there can be chintzy low quality imports from China, Pakistan, and India.