Questions on attire

[davidlpope]

Shoes should be black. Sporran should be brown. Forgo the desire to match sporran to belt to sporran strap to shoes.

[Cygnus]

Shoes should be black. Sporran should be brown. Forgo the desire to match sporran to belt to sporran strap to shoes.

I wouldn't go so far as to say that shoes should be black. Shoes with highland dress tend to be black, but that's certainly not the rule.

I'm a big proponent of ensuring that my belt and shoes match when wearing "lowland" clothing, but when it comes to kilted attire, shoes, sporran, and belt (if worn) need not match; though they can if you prefer.

[davidlpope]

I wouldn't go so far as to say that shoes should be black. Shoes with highland dress tend to be black, but that's certainly not the rule.

Of course- there are no rules!



That being said, I've never seen a photo of a Highlander in Scotland wearing other than black shoes with the kilt. You may have some examples that I've missed, though. Lord Polwarth wears oxblood brogues, but I suspect that he's trying to offer some contrast to the black and white shepherd's check kilt that he wears....

[rmckay]

@Riverkilt the kilt I will be wearing is a hand sewn Ancient MacKay.

Thank you all for the responses.

@ Jock I've never owned the type of shirt you are talking about, a tattersall, I looked them up online. I am going to go on the assumption that it should be a mainly white with the other colors at least going with the tartan colors or does that really matter? The tweed jacket and waistcoat, should they both be tweed or can the waistcoat be a different material. The shoes I may have to deal with those dreadful ghillie things, lol, I got a pair of them a while back on clearance and may not be able to afford anything else. I hope you wont look down on me to much for that.

Sorry for all the questions, I'll probably have a hundred more between now and then, but I have a very limited budget to accomplish this and I want to do it as right as I can.