What kilt 'should' I wear?

[macwilkin]

Al: if you have relatives from Northern Ireland (Ulster), then I would say you probably do have some Scottish blood, given the number of Scots who settled there in the Plantation. I always recommend the Ulster red tartan to folks with Ulser-Scots heritage.

Cheers,

Todd

[Jerry]

Al: if you have relatives from Northern Ireland (Ulster), then I would say you probably do have some Scottish blood, given the number of Scots who settled there in the Plantation. I always recommend the Ulster red tartan to folks with Ulser-Scots heritage.

Cheers,

Todd

I agree, Todd. My family is from County Tyrone, but when I had the Irish American society look them up, They said I was really a Scot.

[Mr. Kilt]

I agree, Todd. My family is from County Tyrone, but when I had the Irish American society look them up, They said I was really a Scot.

As I noted on my new "kilts" web page, I have a hunch that our family may be Ulster-Scot, but I have no proof of this. I did not know about the "Irish American Society", but I just Googled it and found there is a Canadian version of the same thing. I'm just in the process of looking their site over, and I may join.

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

Highlander, nice tartan! I don't think I have seen that one before.

And while I would never have considered it, the combo with a black bowtie and white shirt is a good look. And are thos ghillie brogues I see? I assume the hose are white as well?

Probably need a belt, but you could attend any formal or semi-formal even dressed that way and nobody would accuse you of being under-dressed.

[macwilkin]

Highlander, nice tartan! I don't think I have seen that one before.

And while I would never have considered it, the combo with a black bowtie and white shirt is a good look. And are thos ghillie brogues I see? I assume the hose are white as well?

Probably need a belt, but you could attend any formal or semi-formal even dressed that way and nobody would accuse you of being under-dressed.

That's a pretty standard "black tie" combination (sans jacket) that Daz is wearing...and I'm sure the jacket is around there somewhere, if I know Daz! ;)

Attending a formal function without a jacket is being under-dressed, though.

Cheers,

Todd

[highlander_Daz]

I would wear this with a prince charlie jacket and vest-hence no belt, it spoils the look with the prince charlie, the hose are offwhite.

[Cawdorian]

The Ulster Red is a wonderful choice for those of us of Ulster-Scot descent. If you want to see a kilt in this tartan go to Matt Newsome's website at www.albanach.org.

There are several views of this tartan in a 4 yard box pleat.

[Hamish]

Hi Beery,

Just to throw in my sixpennyworth:

On my first 'proper' visit to Wales last September, I treated myself to a cilt (Welsh for kilt!) in what is currently known as the Welsh National tartan or the St. David's Tartan (Brithwe Dewi Sant). As far as I know, I have no Welsh blood, only very good friends there, but I like the tartan and wanted to wear the cilt as a mark of my respect for that fine Country - I also wanted to have it in my Kilt Kollection. That was all the justification I needed for the purchase! This was the first photo I took of myself wearing it:



The kilts are available from our very own www.KiltStore.net and from the Wales Tartan Centres - www.welsh-tartans.com - amongst others.

If you are of Welsh extraction, why not consider this fine tartan?

[pdcorlis]

As always Hamish... Perfect!