Review my attire

[MacMillans son]

Hopefully you will take all of the input you receive in stride (especially mine), and integrate or ignore any that you disagree with. What I have learned on this forum are options vs. rules. When I came here I was completely clueless, but now I have what I consider some variations that I can choose from based on my own tastes and what I find appealing. Good on ya for your desire to be flexible and learn.

I am absolutely no expert or authority on Highland attire, but here is my completely subjective input on your outfit:

I am not a fan of the patterned vest. I think its stark contrast in colors draws too much attention, and adds too much uncoordinated pattern to the outfit.

I am also not a fan of what I call the "tartan sandwich" wherein the shirt and hose are the same color with the tartan sandwiched in between them. I prefer a vertical coordinating flow of colors with very little, or no, matching. Matching shirt and hose is a common practice however, I just find it too matchy matchy and does not show much thought given to an outfit. Again, that's just my opinion and many others may/will disagree with me.

If you would like some photographic examples of an alternative look, the forums on here which include photos of His Royal Highness Prince Charles have been really helpful to me in regards to the use of coordinating colors and "non-matching" outfits.

For what it's worth, in you photo, you appear very comfortable in your own skin, which goes a long way in pulling off any outfit. It also aids in making others comfortable as well.

Best regards,

Brooke

[BBoykin]

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I am also not a fan of what I call the "tartan sandwich" wherein the shirt and hose are the same color with the tartan sandwiched in between them. I prefer a vertical coordinating flow of colors with very little, or no, matching. Matching shirt and hose is a common practice however, I just find it too matchy matchy and does not show much thought given to an outfit. Again, that's just my opinion and many others may/will disagree with me.

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I like that point of view. But I'm also a fan of the matching hose and shirt look...So many possibilities!

I'm certainly no expert on kilt wear but I'd lose the Argyle sweater vest. It's taking all the attention away from your kilt and clashing to my eye. A solid color vest would work much better to me - or none at all, weather permitting. Otherwise I think you look quite smart!

[O'Callaghan]

You look very smart. The argyll pullover may be slight overkill, but that's OK.

We used to go to an Episcopal church when the wife was going through a religious phase. The vicar himself came back from a trip to Scotland with a kilt and sporran and wore them to church once or twice. He told his wife "Now I have my own purse" referring to the sporran! Of course, that is exactly what the word sporran means. He wore his kilt with a 'Jacobite' shirt, so you look far more conservative than he did.

Mind you, I don't think he wore a Jacobite shirt in the pulpit. I can't see how that would work with the 'dog collar'. I think he got changed after the service. I'm not sure whether you could tell if he was wearing a kilt when standing behind the pulpit and wearing a surplice over his clothes.

He also had one ear pierced, and one Christmas he read the sermon wearing an earring that resembled a Christmas tree bauble, which he received as a gift from one of the ladies in the congregation. Sadly, some people there thought that he was a bit too outlandish for their taste. I liked him, personally, and I'm not religious, but maybe that has something to do with it.