Exposed here for the first time . . .

[Bruce Scott]

This is the first time I've worn my kilt since my son's wedding in China about eight years ago:

[OC Richard]

Your photos aren't appearing, at least on my computer.

[MacEanruig]

I am doing my best to visualize what you must have looked like wearing your kilt, since I cannot see any photos.

[Bruce Scott]

Strange, I'll try again.

[ibrew4u]

You're probably seeing them on your computer, because they exist on your computer, and the link in the thread is pointing to files on your computer.

How did you add them to your post? Did you use the "Insert Image" button on the toolbar?

[Steve Ashton]

For the forum to have access to upload photos it cannot go through third party servers like web mail, VPN's or some firewalls.

[Profane James]

I could not see it earlier, but can now.
A great look! Good color combos.
Only thing I can nit-pick is sleeve length - which I have three eBay tweeds that need the same attention!

[Bruce Scott]

I could not see it earlier, but can now.
A great look! Good color combos.
Only thing I can nit-pick is sleeve length - which I have three eBay tweeds that need the same attention!

Agreed, both the kilt and jacket were made to measure in Scotland, by remote control from Australia and were not fitted. The jacket looks better with some shirt cuff showing but the shirt I grabbed here is also lacking in sleeve length. The jacket sleeves can be lengthened and, if i was to do this again, I would not have the epaulettes.

[EagleJCS]

Good to see the Scott Red being worn. I once had a kilt that looked like that. Sold it to a fellow XMarks member a while back who is in a pipe band that wears the tartan. I wore essentially the same color hose and flashes, though I have a black Argyll & waistcoat and black ghillie brogues (for wearing with the pipe band I play in).

[Steve Ashton]

I once purchased a real live Saville row suit. Totally bespoke from one of the top custom men's wear tailors and it cost me an arm and a leg.

When talking with the tailor about sleeve length he related a story. I have no way of confirming the story so I relate it here with a caveat.


Up until the '60's the sleeve length of jackets were made to fall somewhere between the second and third knuckle of the thumb. There should be no shirt sleeve showing when the arms are down and held naturally.
If you were to bring your arm up horizontally the sleeve cuff should just peak out enough to show the cuff links. The entire cuff should not be visible.

(This was how I was taught as a young man. It is how my USMC uniforms were tailored. And it is how I still prefer my jacket sleeves to be cut.)

Then along came Johnny Carson of "The Tonight Show". TV cameras in the early to mid '60's did not white balance as well as or as fast as they do today.
Johnny liked to wear bright white shirts. As he walked out on stage he liked to 'shoot' the cuffs of his shirts. The cameras would 'bloom' and not be able to adjust fast enough for that sudden flash of white cuff.

So Johnny Carson's tailor cut all the cuffs of his jackets shorter. Until 1 or 2 inches of shirt cuff showed when his arms were down. Walking out on stage with the cuffs already exposed prevented the cameras from blooming.

Ever since, men's jackets have been made with shorter sleeves. Today 1/2" to 1" of sleeve showing is acceptable. If you lift your arms the entire cuff is exposed.

There are a lot of these 'Old wives tails' out there. Did anyone learn, like I did, that a vest with a satin back and the adjuster belt were not intended as outer wear? If wearing a vest that was not finished in back, if you removed your jacket, you also removed the vest?