Traditional highland fashion is absolutely wonderful and I greatly appreciate it and enjoy wearing it. But sometimes it seems that there is an assumption that everyone who owns a traditional handmade quality wool kilt is automatically an old fogey or a kilt snob.
Now I like tweed and a good G&T as much as the next fellow (all right, all right... in truth I probably like tweed and a good G&T significantly more than the next fellow)...However I, like most people, have all sorts of sides and I thought it would be fun to explore traditional kilts worn with modern flair. On the whole we tend to think of Modern=Casual. But XMTS' own Paul Henry often shows us his looks using his own traditionally made kilts in decidely modern ways that are not casually worn.
So I thought I would share my attempt at a modern kilt look that I would feel happy wearing to a reasonably nice restaurant or event and hope others will do the same.
The tartan is the beautiful Heatherfield, and the kilt was made by the lady who (literally!) wrote the book on traditional kilts Dr. Barb Tewksbury. The look (with a little help from Jerry V. at Stillwater with the jacket and sporran) is throughly modern*
Any other "New Tradionalists" out there?
Cheers
Jamie
* The shoes are 80's retro swordfish skin Zodiacs for all you hipsters out there
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