I smiled when I saw this from MacLowlife earlier, because it strikes a chord with me: "what looks good can also be influenced by fashion, but it is not necessarily bound by rules, other than some theoretical rules of aesthetics and usually by common sense.... So, if Duncan Alexander or Grant Walker or Campbell MacDonald decides to wear one tartan around his neck and another one around his waist, I would suggest the real question is "Do you really want to mix red, burgundy, and orange?" rather than "Where are the tartan police when we really need them?"

I'd just add that if I was about to leave the house wearing a mixture of red burgundy & orange, then my beloved would probably be having a quiet word with me before I got out the door. I can't be the only one on here who bows to a higher authority when it comes to sartorial colour clashes in public, even if it is traditional to ignore them when you're wearing the kilt.

Oh, and...
Quote Originally Posted by Zardoz View Post
Ted, CMcG, I think the bottom line on a lot of this stuff is that there is no bottom line.

While you, or anyone, should certainly take the advice, opinions, and/or photographic evidence from members of this forum into consideration when thinking about your Highlandwear choices, let them help you to make YOUR choices about YOUR personal style, not dictate them. Let the examples here be your guides, not your gospel. Like Jock said, it would be no fun if we all dressed alike.
...aye, what he said.

I've got a wedding to go to in Glasgow on Friday. Aberdeen groom, Lanarkshire bride. I predict an eclectic selection of lounge suits; proper old fashioned Heilan' jackets; loads of Prince Charlies, and at least one Charcoal tweed day jacket. Which'll be me, as I bought it specially because I think my Argyll with the silvery buttons is a bit formal. However, I'll thereafter be annoying some folk because I'll be wearing my dress sporran with it, to turn up the whole "dressed up" effect a wee bit.

As MacLowlife suggests - I like the way it looks. And, more importantly, so does my partner, so I'll be allowed out.