Formal Sporran with Tweed Argyll

[OC Richard]

All that background blathering aside, men have worn Evening Dress seal sporrans with tweed going back to when our modern small seal Evening sporrans first appeared, and still do today.

I put together this group showing around a century of men doing this.

On the left is perhaps the earliest photo I've found of the type of sporran that became the standard TCHD Evening Dress sporran (except for the fur which doesn't look like seal). At that time such a sporran might seem out of place with Evening Dress, in which white long hair silver-topped sporrans were standard.

On the right are two modern Stewards at the Oban Games.

[neloon]

On the right are two modern Clan Chiefs at the Oban Games.

Really?

Alan

[figheadair]

Really?

Presumably Nicholson and Anderson?

[neloon]

Presumably Nicholson and Anderson?

But there is no chief of Clan Anderson

Alan

[KennethSime]

Ok folks, forgive me on three accounts here:

• The lighting isn't as dramatic as some folks are able to pull off
• I clearly need to press my kilts.
• I forgot to include hose.

That said, here are the two "mood boards," as promised.

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The wedding will be really casual (this is California, after all), but we'll have a nice dinner + dancing outdoors beside an alpine lake on Saturday (afternoon stretching into evening) and I'd like to wear a kilt.

I'm learning towards the outfit on the right, with the:

• Green overcheck tweed
• Fraser Red Ancient Kilt
• Chocolate-Bronze cantled Musquatch sporran
• Red necktie
• Likely some love green hose with red flashes or garters

[ShaunMaxwell]

Ok folks, forgive me on three accounts here:

I'm learning towards the outfit on the right, with the:

• Green overcheck tweed
• Fraser Red Ancient Kilt
• Chocolate-Bronze cantled Musquatch sporran
• Red necktie
• Likely some love green hose with red flashes or garters

I like it, but you might consider a striped tie instead of a solid red tie. Maybe something along these lines (from a VERY quick online search...). Has that "regimental" look without treading on anyone's toes.

https://www.ties-necktie.com/burgund...d-p-23094.html

Cheers,

SM

[OC Richard]

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My favourite combination is the Lovat tweed jacket with the brown fur sporran.

That sporran is a beauty!

For me that outfit has the look of traditional Day Dress but with just the right amount of Edwardian pizazz.

What about combining the charcoal tweed jacket, the kilt you show with it, and the brown fur deer-motif sporran?

I'd like to see how that looks.

I know it's a different kilt and a different sporran, but here's charcoal tweed with a silver-topped brown sporran and muted red kilt. It's pretty much my favourite outfit.



I know it's not an Evening or fur sporran, but this shows brown worn with charcoal grey tweed. (I'm not a fan of black leather sporrans in general.)

[OC Richard]

Really?

Alan

Sorry if the attribution is incorrect, that photo was labelled "Clan Chiefs at Oban".

Likely they're Stewards?

I just now changed my post.

BTW here's the original photo from which I cropped the two gents wearing seal Evening sporrans with their Lovat tweed jackets.



and another photo seemingly taken the say day

[neloon]

Richard,
The gentleman in the third photograph is the famous Angus Macpherson as I expect you know.
https://electricscotland.com/history...back/index.htm

Alan

[neloon]

And just to show how everything's connected, here's a schoolfriend of mine competing at Braemar in the early '60s with Angus judging

Alan


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