Informal to Formal in 5 minutes - split identity

[Jimmy]

At Murrayfield in Edinburgh for Scotland's final 6 Nations Rugby International against the Azzurri. A credible winning performance for Scotland. It was a day for kilts and there were plenty about, its always good to see so many of both sexes and covering all ages in tartan attire.

As we were standing at the bus stop in Leith Walk. our hotel was down at the Western Harbour, 3 young lads walked by, all were kilted and obviously at the match and casually dressed. They stopped about 10 yards by the bus stop where their car was parked. Instead of getting into the car, they opened the boot and proceeded to dress from their casual informal attire to formal, obviously the kilts did not come off but the rugby shirts did and were replaced with formal shirts as was the footwear. Ties and Prince Charlie jackets were also produced.
So here we had 3 lads getting prepared for an evening wedding(they told me that) in broad daylight at the top of Leith Walk.
Its a pity that no video camera was around as this was a great advert for kilt wearing whether informal or formal.
By the time they were fully formally dressed, they were like different people, looking very smart and totally upmarket, although they looked good casually dressed, is there anything to beat wearing the full formal kilt outfit, its got to be the best dress in the world

[McFarkus]

That's a very cool story.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Leith rocks!

[Jordan]

That's fantastic the only thing I can think of being a problem would be tucking the shirt in. But it is a great idea.

[Cowher]

That's a great idea for a contest. Who can go from casualy kilted to a formal look in under 5 minutes and also who looks the best. Story's like this just make me love kilts more and more.

[Spartan Tartan]

That's a great story!

[Bill aka Mole]

Yet another reason to convert the heathens wearing tr****rs.

[Jimmy]

That's fantastic the only thing I can think of being a problem would be tucking the shirt in. But it is a great idea.

you got it, that seemed to be their only problem, one guy even started to put his hand up his kilt to pull the shirt down, that looked kinda sinister in the middle of Leith Walk. Nevertheless within a few minutes they were suited and kilted and of to their wedding party.
The small crowd that had gathered gave them a round of applause and a few wolf whistles from some female admirers

[theborderer]

Ah, fond memories of Leith Walk and Murrayfield. A nice story

[fluter]

That's fantastic the only thing I can think of being a problem would be tucking the shirt in. But it is a great idea.

That's a time when the hip strap comes in handy---possibly the only time. Given my body shape, I don't really need the third strap otherwise. In the absence of a hip strap, I loosen the sporran belt by two notches, and it can prevent embarrassment by gently supporting the kilt & allowing the shirt to be tucked in.

I demonstrate the technique each Sunday after church, when I remove my choir vestments and moist t-shirt. Your mileage may vary according to the shape of your middle parts.