Another Royal wedding.

**Downunder Kilt** · 31st July 11, 03:30 PM

Originally Posted by JSFMACLJR

I believe that is HRH The Viscount Severn, son of TRH The Earl and Countess of Wessex. Certainly a grandson of The Queen can wear the Balmoral tartan!

Certainly the grandson of the Queen can wear the Balmoral tartan, I could, anyone could, as long long as I/they had permission from Her Majesty, The Queen, to do so.

**Jock Scot** · 31st July 11, 01:01 AM

No not at all Phil. There were a few kilts on parade and I am not the least bit surprised that the "no kilt worn below the Highland line" mentality was shown by morning dress being the common male attire by those that could have worn the kilt.

Sir Jackie Stewart's outfit does seem to be a little hard on the eye!

**Phil** · 31st July 11, 05:11 AM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

Sir Jackie Stewart's outfit does seem to be a little hard on the eye!

Tartan hose, even peculiar ones like those, are hardly appropriate for daywear. Just like Sean Connery wearing a jabot with his PC - in daytime too. Artistic licence do you think?

**chrisupyonder** · 31st July 11, 05:37 AM

Good grief, where's my peril sensitive glasses!!!!

Chris.

**JSFMACLJR** · 31st July 11, 05:52 AM

Originally Posted by Phil

Tartan hose, even peculiar ones like those, are hardly appropriate for daywear. Just like Sean Connery wearing a jabot with his PC - in daytime too. Artistic licence do you think?

It could be worse: the hose could have been white.

**Cygnus** · 31st July 11, 07:28 AM

Originally Posted by Phil

Tartan hose, even peculiar ones like those, are hardly appropriate for daywear. Just like Sean Connery wearing a jabot with his PC - in daytime too. Artistic licence do you think?

Actually, tartan hose would be the order of the day for formal daywear (i.e., when other men are wearing morning coats) - which is not to say that solid coloured hose aren't acceptable. Usually one would wear silver buttons on the Argyll jacket, but plain buttons are sometimes worn instead.

I think if Sir Stewart had worn solid flashes and a different tie, the ensemble would have been much more bearable.

**Phil** · 31st July 11, 07:44 AM

Originally Posted by Cygnus

Actually, tartan hose would be the order of the day for formal daywear (i.e., when other men are wearing morning coats) - which is not to say that solid coloured hose aren't acceptable.

Perhaps where you come from but here in the UK tartan hose are not and never have been a conventional choice for daywear. Members of the show business profession are sometimes known for their flamboyant choice of dress. Jackie Stewart was not brought up at a time when kilt-wearing was the norm (or even heard of) in his neck of the woods in the west of Scotland so whom he relied upon for his dress choice is anyone's guess.

**Cygnus** · 31st July 11, 08:27 AM

Originally Posted by Phil

Perhaps where you come from but here in the UK tartan hose are not and never have been a conventional choice for daywear. Members of the show business profession are sometimes known for their flamboyant choice of dress. Jackie Stewart was not brought up at a time when kilt-wearing was the norm (or even heard of) in his neck of the woods in the west of Scotland so whom he relied upon for his dress choice is anyone's guess.

Maybe it was the same source that I generally use - C. R. MacKinnon's Scottish Tartans and Highland Dress (1970. Glasgow/London: Wm. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.). In multiple places he states that tartan hose are the preferred hose for formal morning dress. Perhaps that is a less-accepted tradition that MacKinnon espoused, and he's leading people astray; though I would guess that it was the accepted form at one time or another, even if it is not so now.