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    Necklaces with Kilts...??

    Okay, first I'm sort of an old hippie (age 60, was there but don't recall much)...former herbal farmer and distributor of things hallucinogenic as well as a retired hard core boozer.

    I like necklaces and wear them with some shirts. A cultural thing here in Navajoland too.

    So, this morning I'm getting ready for work. UK Navy mocker and a white river shirt (flyfishing shirt). Cool in the heat and sorta dressy. But with all the solid color on the kilt and the shirt thought maybe a necklace would brighten things up.

    Dang, adding a necklace just made the kilt look like a girlie skirt...even my masculine features, build, beard, and tattoos can't offset the combination of the kilt and necklace....

    Even tried some old bolo ties I had left over from a fashion lapse...

    So, switched to a print shirt and went to work.

    Should I even be trying to make a necklace and a kilt work together??

    Ron
    Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
    Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
    "I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."

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    They can work Ron, I wear one of shells that y brother going to school in Hawaii gave me for christmas, but only with a black t-shirt ands a contemporary kilt. I also wear a the Nordic Rune for good luck but that I tuck beneath my shirt and only the chain can be viewed. So, I say keep trying until you find one that works.


    With my tartan kilts I have a bolo tie in sterling silver, no turquoise, that looks like a cross between celtic and native american work. It works really well instead of a solid color tie.
    Rob
    Last edited by Rob Wright; 9th August 05 at 10:10 PM.

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    I think the secret would be to use a chunky necklace- like a leather strap with puka shells or something- on that is manly on it's own.

    I've seen guys in necklaces and earrings and kilt and they didn't look in the least feminine- all their bling-bling was chunky, dark, and simply shaped.

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    I wear a triskele medallion all the time. It's on a short chain so it sits just below my T-shirt neckband. Doesn't look in the least feminine

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    Invest in a nice celtic torc.

    Problem solved. Yay.

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    toadinakilt
    Quote Originally Posted by Dreadbelly
    Invest in a nice celtic torc.

    Problem solved. Yay.

    Dreadbelly, you rock.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dreadbelly
    Invest in a nice celtic torc.

    Problem solved. Yay.
    Dread hit the nail on the head with this one...

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    I've got a thick (½") chainmail rope that works for me; it's not as anachronistic as a torque, but still harkens back to the celtic style...kind of an updated version I guess. It doesn't seem to look right over a shirt though, only on bare skin under an open collar or with a tanktop ('course, I think the same would hold true with a torque as well).

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