The Kilt Kops

[DavidB80911]

After reading the posts about how to wear the kilt I have come to a very obvious conclusion ( Yes I was Cop 13 years ).

As the knowledge in a certain field increases, the ability to share it with tact decreses.

The only way to wear a kilt, is secure around your waist so it does'nt proceed to the area around your ankles. Any other comments, just repeat "Sod Off".

Yes I have a few blue ribbons!

[glenlivet]

Did I commit a dastardly sin?

Not nearly as egregious as needlessly humiliating a fellow guest by drawing negative scrutiny to how they're dressed. Period.

[sailortats]

Thanks all for your input. I feel a lot better now.

[HenryT]

Not nearly as egregious as needlessly humiliating a fellow guest by drawing negative scrutiny to how they're dressed. Period.

How very true... very bad form.

[Dale Seago]

Regarding "dress" tartans, this past thread might be of some interest:


http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...tartans-55188/

[kc8ufv]

Sometimes it is hard to keep a straight face. The other day at the grocery store I had an equally pompous "expert" ask me what tartan I was wearing, and ask if I was a member of that clan, then shake her finger at me and tell me I had no right to wear that clan's tartan. I just said "yes, ma'am, sorry ma'am I'll go right home and take it off." That was just going to be far easier than explaining that the Black Watch is not a clan................

Perhaps I should get one in Black Watch, or "the government sett" considering my different jobs...

[M. A. C. Newsome]

I was at a dinner last night. I was wearing my green Prince Charlie set with a proper shirt and rouche tie when a rather pompous man, who was not wearing a kilt by the way, came up to me and asked what the tartan of my kilt was. I told him I was wearing the Stewart Hunting (ancient) tartan as can be seen in my avatar. I think it goes beautifully with my green PC.
He promptly told me that I was improperly dressed. That one only wears a dress tartan with a Prince Charlie. I always though any kilt could be dressed up or down depending on the accessories one wore. Did I commit a dastardly sin?

You were perfectly in the right. He was perfectly wrong.

[Jock Scot]

Perfect answer Matt!

[Macman]

I was at a dinner last night. I was wearing my green Prince Charlie set with a proper shirt and rouche tie when a rather pompous man, who was not wearing a kilt by the way, came up to me and asked what the tartan of my kilt was. I told him I was wearing the Stewart Hunting (ancient) tartan as can be seen in my avatar. I think it goes beautifully with my green PC.
He promptly told me that I was improperly dressed. That one only wears a dress tartan with a Prince Charlie. I always though any kilt could be dressed up or down depending on the accessories one wore. Did I commit a dastardly sin?

I agree with the comments that he was wrong and entirely out of line to chastise you. I also think that you were NOT improperly dressed.
There was a time, though, when hunting tartans were not generally preferred for evening wear. Perhaps he did not mean "dress tartan" in the way that we think about it, but meant "non-hunting". I'm not trying to support the guy, but just pointing out where he may have been coming from.

Just so you know, I wore my Hunting Mackintosh kilt with my PC at my wedding.

[auld argonian]

Once again, a person with an imperfect knowledge mouthing off and making a fool of himself....

Best

AA