Newly Kilted

[Naesk]

Hello all, short-term lurker, first time poster. What a great site! I just received my first kilt from buyakilt.com A Douglas tartan with simple celtic design leather sporran. First of all, would any of you consider this an alright look for a hot casual summer day and for a beginning outfit to one whom is making do with they have? Ha. Second, I've got some questions, if you all would be so inclined.

First off, any other customers from buyakilt? So far the quality seems good to me, though I haven't got much to go on. I fear it is a bit too long as I have to wear it fairly high rise to get it fall just above the knee. It is sitting at the (what I've heard to be traditional) waist between my hip and bottom rib. I'm trying to get it adjusted comfortably, but it seems it is either a bit too tight when sitting, but will keep itself up on my body, or a bit too loose and fall slightly, covering the knee a bit. Also, and it may just be me, but I swear the thing is slightly crooked as I can detect the slight upward lean on the right knee and it drives me mad. It may just be my perfectionism setting in with something new, however. Heh.

Still trying to iron out the wrinkles, literally and metorphorically, so any help and advice would be much appreciated. So far I love it, if I can just get it tuned correctly.

Cheers from Southern California!

[Mael Coluim]

from the Old Dominion State!

[auld argonian]

No...you're fine...young guy wearing kilt with attitude...as it should be.

And welcome from Chicago.

Best

AA

[LitTrog]

Flatcap...check.

Boots...check.

Kilt...check.

Looks like my summer casual. That, however, may be a huge red flag. See what the smarter folks say.

Welcome, young rabbler.

[McElmurry]

Welcome from just a bit north

[knotty]

Welcome to the addiction from the Cowichan Valley.
Lookin good.

Craig

[Richrail]

Welcome from Reno . Got my kit from Buyakilt.com. Great service and quick shipping.

[ThistleDown]

Welcome, from Inverness-shire and British Columbia.

[Jock Scot]

Welcome, from Inverness-shire.

Well alright you are asking and if I may, I would like to offer a few suggestions. But before I go any further you are a young man with young man's ideas and that is perfectly OK and you live in a climate that is nothing like Scotland!

So, how about raising the kilt so that the kilt "hem" is no lower than the centre of the knee cap? Higher still, to the top of the knee cap would be even better, but let us not get too enthusiastic! I have to be honest here, at the height the kilt is at present really does not do you, or the kilt any favours.

Many will advise that it would be kinder to the kilt to change the sporran chain for a leather strap and I agree that it would . But that is not something vitally important for now.

The boots, well they are fine on a battlefield or for a hike, but are they really necessary around town? Only you can answer that!

Should you choose shoes and when it gets a tad cooler(does it get cooler in your part of the world?), longer hose might be an idea.

You could, if a smarter event turned up on your social callender, swap the T shirt for say, a polo shirt, or even someting even more smart.

Now your bonnet! Well, this is a real hot potato, so all I will say is that we, on the whole, don't wear flat caps with the kilt in Scotland!

No doubt you will have looked at lots of pictures already on this website and in time you will develop your own style, it is however handy to be aware of other kilt and kilt attire styles and to be even more aware of WHY someone is wearing that particular style and once you have worked that out, you are well on the way to kilted happiness and that does not mean that you have to spend a fortune, although you can, or, wander around dressed like some old fogey like me!

Good luck to you laddie.

[McClef]

from South Wales UK!