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**Spartan Tartan** · 31st March 11, 12:20 PM

Originally Posted by Calico

I don't know.. Alaska. I'd probably wear shoes with that outfit (or boots). But that's just me, unconventional.

Calico, you are such a renegade!

**chrisupyonder** · 31st March 11, 08:37 PM

All in all, just fine. If you are not going to wear a vest/waistcoat then a wide kilt belt would be good.

**Danaidh** · 5th April 11, 04:22 PM

Everything I've ever read states the top of the sporran should be two to three inches below the the top of the kilt, but no more. Please note though, I'm a beginner in all this.

**OC Richard** · 14th April 11, 04:00 AM

Originally Posted by Danaidh

Everything I've ever read states the top of the sporran should be two to three inches below the the top of the kilt, but no more. Please note though, I'm a beginner in all this.

I don't know if there's a hard-and-fast rule which can be stated in specific inches, but rather a range of things that "look correct" to experienced kiltwearers.

I always like to go back for a broad overview of things. Here you see the sporran worn more or less the same height over the centuries:

But for some reason it became a bit of a fashion in the 19th century to wear the sporran rather low. This was done both by civilians and in the military:

Today, wearing the sporran that low would look "wrong".

I also see very often, especially in current photos of models wearing Kilt Hire outfits, the wearing of the sporran too high.

**CMcG** · 14th April 11, 08:10 AM

Originally Posted by OC Richard

I don't know if there's a hard-and-fast rule which can be stated in specific inches, but rather a range of things that "look correct" to experienced kiltwearers.

Wise words that apply to most aspects of THCD.