Tweed Sporran and flashes?

[Jock Scot]

To my eyes, matching flashes to the kilt looks downright awful.

[Hamish]

Tweed flashes to match a tweed kilt are not new - I have several and must say I like the look very much. I would not have them to match the jacket, however, unless I was wearing a tweed kilt suit, which I do from time to time.

As for the sporran: This might be a little too much, but it could work although only if it matches the kilt, not the jacket. I have a camoflage fronted sporran which matches one of my camo kilts, and a denim fronted one which goes with a denim kilt. I think a lot will depend upon the tweed.

Take care,
Ham.

[JolyStNicholas]

All good ideas, will ya have enough material to do them all? The flashes for sure!

[Tartan Hiker]

To my eyes, matching flashes to the kilt looks downright awful.

Jock, is this a typo? I'm thinking you meant "...matching flashes to the jacket..."

[Jock Scot]

Jock, is this a typo? I'm thinking you meant "...matching flashes to the jacket..."

No typo. I did mean matching flashes to the kilt looks dreadful. I should have added----- so does matching flashes to the jacket too!

[nh_maclean]

Not sure how I feel about matching tweed flashes to tweed kilt (jury's still out on that) but I don't think I'd match flashes to jacket with a tartan kilt... Perhaps with a solid color kilt (ie saffron or dark green for instance) it might work.

-Noah

[Tartan Hiker]

No typo. I did mean matching flashes to the kilt looks dreadful. I should have added----- so does matching flashes to the jacket too!

So what color flashes do you use, Jock? I'm still puzzled...

[Jock Scot]

So what color flashes do you use, Jock? I'm still puzzled...

Well I don't always wear flashes, I dislike tartan flashes and I certainly would not wear tweed ones. When I do wear flashes, I am not too sure how I go about choosing the colour, it is well, sort of random(ish), but to be fair I do seem to end up with dark blue ones quite often.I have more than a few colours to choose from and I really do not make a special effort to match them with anything.

[Leprechaun 91]

Thanks for the insights. I still think I will make them both, but will likely wear them at different times rather than together.

Jock, I like a little color in my flashes in general. I little contrast just works better.

[Kiltman]

I'd have to see the sporran to judge whether I like it or not. I am glad to see you thinking outside the box a bit and look forward to seeing the end result.