Gent's "LOOK" for Church & Buffet - Puffer

[ronstew]

I am afraid that I agree with Jock Scot. It is a distinctly military look - too much so for my taste. For walking the fields, maybe, but for church the battledress is inappropriate. In the Canadian mlitary colleges, the last Canadian Forces units to wear battledress, we were not permitted to wear battledress to chapel. Battledress = work clothes. That being said, while 20 years ago I always wore a suit to church, nowadays I just wear the same shirt and slacks that I wear to work, so perhaps there is some hypocrisy here.

Anyway, I don't wear a kilt to church because when I wear one, I am drawing attention to myself, and I don't want to do that at church.

Puffer, the colours work very well. The plaid is a bit affected, but as soon as we don the kilt we may be accused of looking affected. The colours are wonderful. But that battledress jacket: replacing it with a tweed jacket of similar colour would strike me as better.

[puffer]

I am afraid that I agree with Jock Scot. It is a distinctly military look - too much so for my taste. For walking the fields, maybe, but for church the battledress is inappropriate. In the Canadian mlitary colleges, the last Canadian Forces units to wear battledress, we were not permitted to wear battledress to chapel. Battledress = work clothes. That being said, while 20 years ago I always wore a suit to church, nowadays I just wear the same shirt and slacks that I wear to work, so perhaps there is some hypocrisy here.

Anyway, I don't wear a kilt to church because when I wear one, I am drawing attention to myself, and I don't want to do that at church.

Puffer, the colours work very well. The plaid is a bit affected, but as soon as we don the kilt we may be accused of looking affected. The colours are wonderful. But that battledress jacket: replacing it with a tweed jacket of similar colour would strike me as better.

Wearing the KILT in CHURCH, YES. ( REGULARLY) Our Paster occationly wears his Kilt, plus another "gent" also kilts up on "occation" plus on a couple of "days" there are several kilts in "attendence"

1. My "normal" "look @ church is
A. Tweed jacket with or with out vest. & a tie (most Sundays)
B. Suit Look, Crail with vest & tie ( dressier "church" days)


NOTE- the mix of jacket/tie wearers & more casual (like your look) is about even among the attendees.

C. Casual, a sweater etc ( usually worn when I am going from church to a "function" that is "relaxed"/casual.

As to "the "military Look" The look was not intended to be "Military", (although it did convay one, esp. with the TOS) It was a "day wear" look. Since I DID not wear the TOS in church or @ the resterent, the "Mil. look was "SOFTENED" In fact I had NO comments refering to me "looking Military"

Puffer