which colour of leather?

[gilmore]

Brown is not more casual but the style for day wear in the countryside. Brown leathers are suitable to day attire but not evening. Evening calls for black or white (buff leather or courlene) with shinny (silver) fitments. Coatee and vest are not worn with belts and brown belts are not worn, by convention, with evening Jackets or sporrans with metal cantles (even those with brown fur or horsehair).

What about day wear in town? Is black or brown leather conventionally worn?

Thanks

[Barclay]

What about day wear in town? Is black or brown leather conventionally worn?

Thanks

Personally, I wear brown during the day for casual wear and black for evening or with a tie, regardless of tartan. One can always wear black, though. Brown should be worn in casual situations only, in my opinion.

[arrogcow]

My SWK weathered Lamont has black straps.
However, I wear brown belt and sporran and shoes with it anyway.

I've thought about replacing the straps, but it seems like too much trouble since I only wear the Lamont for casual events.

Tom

This would actually be my suggestion. I think the Lamont would look better with brown, but the black straps and brown belt/sporran have always thrown me (seems to violate the black/brown rule thing).

I intend to get a kilt in some tartan (don't have one in mind yet, though it may just end up being the SWK saffron) with brown straps, just so I can wear it with brown accessories.

Adam

[ccga3359]

I intend to get a kilt in some tartan (don't have one in mind yet, though it may just end up being the SWK saffron) with brown straps, just so I can wear it with brown accessories.

Adam

It seems that the saffron is equally beautiful with black or brown as many Xmarkers are proving. I wonder if one can design a way of replacing straps on a daily basis depending on whim and accessories

[Improv1]

Not to confuse the issue, but here I go anyway!
Black looks more formal, but a strong, solid brown kit looks more than casual. If your gear (sporran, strap, sgian dubh, boots, etc) are a more worn or distressed leather, they definitely don't look dressy.
So there you go, no black and white answer... only shades of brown!

[Monkey@Arms]

Black or Brown, just not I repeat NOT Black and Brown, of course this all depends on what shirt, jacket, kilt hose, flashes, etc, that you are wearing.

That being said you can always bend or even break the rules, you just have to have the right attitude.

I agree McMurdo. For example the man in the center of this picture is a native born Scotsman representing Glenmorangie Whisky. He mixed brown and black, and yet the heavens did not crack, nor did the ground swallow him up.



Best regards,

Jake

[McMurdo]

Thats a great picture M@A, for a long time the only sporran I had was a brown daywear sporran, however I have been able to "Dress it Up" when it was called for, nobody has ever told me that I was wrong for mixing things up, all I have ever received have been compliments on my kilt.

[freddie]

[QUOTE=A_Hay!;317350]My SWK weathered Lamont has black straps.
However, I wear brown belt and sporran and shoes with it anyway.

Now there's a point ! I hadn't thought of that. Many of the older kilts you see have brown straps, but I think most modern ones have black (all mine do certainly). Mind you the only strap that would show would be the hip strap (the others being hidden by the belt) but it still might look a bit odd.

[Cawdorian]

Look as some of the pictures of Price Charles, he mixes black and brown frequently. He always looks well dressed in the kilt.

The only hard and fast rule would be to always wear black with formal or evening wear.