Out in the Nova Scotia woods

**pugcasso** · 22nd November 11, 02:54 PM

On Sunday, my wonderful friend and I went out into the woods around a lake outside the city to walk and she snapped a handful of pics of me. Up until now I have only taken photos of myself using my tripod underneath inside lighting so it's interesting to see some actual outside world photos.

I've got on these dark red wine and dark green scarves on my lower legs as leg-wrappings. My shoe laces are really long and criss-cross around and tie half way up while other shoe laces wind around the tops a few times and tie there ... so I have two ties on each leg. This is how I've been doing things instead of hose socks - it's a bit of a modern version of Anglo-Saxon/Viking leg-windings using what I can readily find

(wityh pipe although not lit - but packed with some "King Charles" tobacco produced on Jersey island)

These next photos are me testing out the idea of a cape/cloak (this is just a cloth I found around so I would want something longer).

In those photos I wrapped second scarf (actually a redder pattern) around each of my knees and tied it there. So my knees aren't visible (perhaps on really cold winter storms I may do this). SO I've got the dark wine coloured ones on and then these redder ones at the knees)

I'm not sure if anyone did such things as wear cloaks/capes (or other large pieces if fabric ... although the great kilt would have covered that purpose) with a kilt or wear even longer leggings but I personally wouldn't be surprised if some people did when things got chilly.

I guess I'm just trying ideas out .... not necessarily in any set modern traditional sense.

**bigdad1** · 22nd November 11, 02:55 PM

No pictures.

**pugcasso** · 22nd November 11, 03:01 PM

I fixed it now

**Grizzly** · 22nd November 11, 03:27 PM

I am really liking what your doing there and the leg wrappings are genius. The whole image is one of comfort and making best use of the materials to hand, which I am sure is what many a highlander actually did. Your artistic and creative mind is at work here and for me it is a pleasure seeing someone who enjoys wearing the kilt really creating a style of their own and I applaud you for it. Well done mate.

**pugcasso** · 23rd November 11, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by Grizzly

I am really liking what your doing there and the leg wrappings are genius. The whole image is one of comfort and making best use of the materials to hand, which I am sure is what many a highlander actually did. Your artistic and creative mind is at work here and for me it is a pleasure seeing someone who enjoys wearing the kilt really creating a style of their own and I applaud you for it. Well done mate.

Thank you very much...

I do feel like I want to have a philosophy of dress that uses available fabric that I can affordably find (I am a "starving artist" - well maybe not that but "difficulty paying rent and bills artist" for sure - after all and a $200 kilt broke the bank and $30 kilt hose are just too much). So in a way, I feel like I am like some poor peasant who needs to be resourceful and use what fabric works... but just leg wrappings seem more archaic to me and I like it.

I might make a cape out of some fabric from the fabric store or just use some length of wide tartan maybe I can find.

I don't feel like I want to wear any type of modern jacket but use more lengths of fabric material (larger and wider than a typical scarf) and see if I can survive a winter like that.

Today I did find myself tucking a loose end of my (rather narrow) neck scarf into my belt so it went across my body adding a bit of a layer of defense against the winter storm ... if I had wider fabric, it would add a lot of warmth against such weather.

**castledangerous** · 23rd November 11, 08:04 PM

You are totally wacked, and I love it!

**RAF** · 23rd November 11, 08:38 PM

As the old saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention. Looks great - unique, practical and thrifty. And I like that walking stick too!

**Nighthawk** · 23rd November 11, 09:22 PM

I have to say that as an historical reenactor, that whole look really appeals to me. A lot of my reenactment clothing does double duty in the winter. For example, I can't afford to buy a Ryan Ross bonnet and an adequate modern hat, so I often have a similar suedo-historical look myself. I totally approve. And my first thought was- Now there is a man with personality.