Tattersal shirts???

[flairball]

Generally I wear my kilt with a solid color shirt, but I have seen a few pics of people wearing tattersals. What is the general rule for wearing a tattersal or lightly checked shirt?

I'm planning to wear this shirt, http://www.barbour.com/index.cfm?fus...ID=&FeatureID=

with this vest,

and a tie like this, but slightly darker,http://scotwebstore.com/sr_hedga_gle...d_tie_gtt.html

This outfit will be worn with my Hunting MacKintosh;

I'll wear off white hose with tartan flashes too.

Anyway, my biggest concern is the shirt. Tattersal, or plain white?

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

Hmmh, I think it would probably look fine with the Nightstalker tartan and vest as in the first picture, but I am afraid that the Hunting McKintosh tartan and the pattern in the shirt will fight each other. Too many competing visual elements. I could be wrong though...

[M. A. C. Newsome]

I think Tattersal shirts look just great with most tartans out there. Of course, each tartan is different, and each tattersal pattern is different. Overall, though, I think tattersal and tartan make for a great combination. I now have a few tattersal shirts that I wear all the time with my kilts.


In the above pic, the pattern is very light and very small, so it barely shows in the photo. But this subtle pattern looks good with *all* of my kilts.



Now in this pic it is a larger pattern in the shirt, with a blue color to it. It looks good with some of my kilts (that have blue in the tartan), but not others. For instance, I wouldn't wear it with my MacQuarrie kilt (in the top photo).

Aye,
Matt

[Tattoo Bradley]

I'm with Matt. I think tattersal shirts look smashing with tartans. I've had my eyes open for a or few tattersals. Just haven't really seen anything that I've liked. I could order (LL Bean) but I figure I'll find one or a few in a men's wear store if I'll look...

[macwilkin]

Another subtle pattern is herringbone; I have a Brooks Brothers light blue herringbone shirt that goes very well with my kilt, and the pattern is so small it is hardly noticeable, save when you look really hard.

And you can never go wrong with L.L. Bean, INMHO.

T.

[Wompet]

I think it will work with the vest. The vest will separate the stripes of the tattersal and the tartan, while at the same time providing the brown that ties the shirt into the outfit as a whole.

Without the vest ... I would choose a different shirt or a different tartan.

[macwilkin]

I think it will work with the vest. The vest will separate the stripes of the tattersal and the tartan, while at the same time providing the brown that ties the shirt into the outfit as a whole.

Without the vest ... I would choose a different shirt or a different tartan.

A good friend of mine who is a bit of a "clothes horse" says that as long as one pattern, like the tattersal, is smaller than the other, then it is quite acceptable. He does with patterned shirts and ties.

So I don't think a vest is absolutely necessary -- Matt's pictures prove it.

T.

[Tattoo Bradley]

A good friend of mine who is a bit of a "clothes horse" says that as long as one pattern, like the tattersal, is smaller than the other, then it is quite acceptable. He does with patterned shirts and ties.

So I don't think a vest is absolutely necessary -- Matt's pictures prove it.

T.

I completely agree. I particularly find the Carolina tartan picture to work very well.

[macwilkin]

I completely agree. I particularly find the Carolina tartan picture to work very well.

And let me just add that I also do agree with Wompet about a waistcoat; a good waistcoat will break up the patterns, but as Matt's picture shows, it's not absolutely necessary, INMHO.

I just can't stand (on me) plain white dress shirts. I have to have a bit of colour.

T.

[LordKiltClad]

Red Herring Bone with underlying black tones