Traditional Civilian Highland SHIRTS

[Dale Seago]

. . .I've come to the conclusion that anything that makes the kilt look more like a costume and less like actual clothing is not a good thing. . .

I think that's a pretty good "rule of thumb".

Apart from that, my only advice to people is to give tattersal patterns a try. They look fantastic with tartans!

That's something that would never have occurred to me before I began spending time here. And I agree. I'm not sure whether they would be considered a "traditional civilian" shirt, but they do indeed work with tartan.

Here's a personal example from 3 weeks ago, at dinner after about 80 people spent the day thumping, throwing, and generally thrashing each other up in the Marin Headlands:



The lass with me is a Navy vet and former student of mine, who now lives down in southern California but came up for the weekend of training.