Kilted for Easter

**ckelly327** · 16th April 06, 08:03 AM

Just a quick pic of my Easter mass outfit. It's a bad angle but you really could see my knees and the top of the hose. The sporran was black leather with silver Celtic designs but that's not visible at this angle either.

Absolutely no comments or strange looks even though the church was packed. Many have seen me kilted at the 9AM mass before but being Easter there were a lot of twice a year people there.

**binx** · 16th April 06, 08:22 AM

Good on ya! I wore my argyll jacket with my clan tartan, plaid, Angora sporran, white piper's hose to services last night. Got a compliment from a guy, saying that he doesn't see enough men in kilt outfits these days, and was impressed. Wore the same this morning out to breakfast, only with my Stillwater heavyweight Black Watch (man, that plaid is heavy, barely fits through the epaulet) and got a similar compliment. Going to try and wear the Black Watch most of the day, as we have a family gathering this afternoon, but the argyll's going to be just too warm for this early heat wave.

binx

**Riverkilt** · 16th April 06, 08:28 AM

So Happy Easter cousin,

That tartan looks mighty familiar.

Ron

**Prester John** · 16th April 06, 10:44 AM

Indeed, that is the MacDonald tartan?

My deacon is of that clan. Working on him. His oldest son is ready to be kilted, as are some of my other BIBLE DRILL guys.

And, yes, my sons will be kilted, with new jackets, for Pascha this coming Sunday.

Happy Easter, y'all.

**Bob C** · 16th April 06, 11:43 AM

Not bad. You should consider having a sport coat altered into a kilt jacket, though. Our own Alan H. created a website to show you how. Or, for a few bucks, a tailor or seamstress could do it for you.

Gotta show off the kilt!

**Prester John** · 16th April 06, 12:06 PM

Incidently, you look great. MacDonald is a very nice tartan.

Happy Easter!

**Alan H** · 16th April 06, 01:43 PM

flashes/tartan.....they look *great*. Very nice. I might have to make a couple or pairs of tartan flashes.

**Riverkilt** · 16th April 06, 02:14 PM

Took my 85 year old mother out for Easter brunch at Wahweap Marina on Lake Powell. This was my Easter outfit.

Got a LOT of compliments. The buffet is a big deal locally so saw a lot of friends. A doc from the emergency room said she loved my kilt. A guy asked about what clan the tartan was, and best of all a guy who seemed to be in his late 20's said the kilt really looked good...that was unexpected....even if true.

For those who haven't been tracking its the Cameron Black and Red from the House of Edgar's Old and Rare collection sewn up by Kathy Lare of Kathy's Kilts.

Don't mean to steal the thread...seems to be a Macdonald theme to it. It was my 3 great grandmother Catherine Cameron who was married up to my 3 great grandfather John Macdonald when they were swept up in the clearances and shipped over to Nova Scotia.

Ron
( if the pic won't work its in my gallery)

**ckelly327** · 16th April 06, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by Bob C.

Not bad. You should consider having a sport coat altered into a kilt jacket, though. Our own Alan H. created a website to show you how. Or, for a few bucks, a tailor or seamstress could do it for you.

Gotta show off the kilt!

I'm going to do that ASAP but I'm still trying to lose some weight. I've dropped from about 285 to 245 over the last 6 or 7 months and I'd really like to get rid of some more belly before going into a kilt jacket.

When I bought this from Scotwebstore it was officially listed as MacDonald Modern (16 oz). There are also about 75 other MacDonalds listed but this is what I found linked to the Kelly's of Ireland. Seemed to be the most appropriate one and I thought it looked nice.

P.s. Looks nice RiverKilt. I've got enough red and my next will probably be branching out into the blues. Maybe an xmarks if the next run becomes available to those of us not involved in the first run.