deciding on day wear

[Cowher]

Your black leather sporran is fine for now. I'm going through sort of the same thing. If I were you I would go for a waistcoat/vest and a jacket. Here and there accumulate some accessories and then focus on another kilt f you like. You have most of what you need so finish off the out fit. You should build a ragweed outfit and another style with the same kilt. I am not huge into super casual kilting so I am building a casual daywear outfit then my pipe band uniform then lastly my formal attire. And I'll go from there and follow where wind blows my kilt

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Your black leather sporran is fine for now. I'm going through sort of the same thing. If I were you I would go for a waistcoat/vest and a jacket.

Spot on! All this black/brown nonsense is just that, nonsense! With Highland attire (and within reason!) it's not so much what you are wearing but rather how you are wearing it, that matters most. The basic day wear ensemble comprises:

(1) Jacket, shirt, and tie (waistcoat optional, but highly recommended);

(2) Kilt and sporran (dirk belt optional, but not worn with a waistcoat);

(3) Hose (flashes optional, but worn about 99.44% of the time);

(4) Well-polished black shoes (brown shoes are an option, but really don't work in the evening; if you only have one pair of shoes, they should be black).

Now, not only will the above work for virtually every day time event, it will also more than suffice for an evening out, unless the event is specifically "black tie", when you would need to replace the items in (1) with an evening doublet or coatee, waistcoat, dress shirt, and black bow tie. Everything else could remain the same and no one would arch an eyebrow (unless you were wearing white socks... ).

As long as your kilt hangs to the top of your knee, and your hose are about three finger-widths below the knee cap, everything is as it should be.

[theborderer]

As long as the Leatherwork you wear i.e. Sporran,belt and shoes are the same colour and passes to the Kilt colour you are wearing it should be OK. My 'Heritage of Wales' kilt has a Green base colour so I went for everything in Brown. But my Black sporran,Belt and shoes go just as a second choice.
Luckily I have western belts and buckles and can vary my dress