Too Traditional?

[creagdhubh]

Yea.. maybe because i'm young? On an older person, or someone in a pipe band it seems appropriate, but i'm 25, and routinely ware my kilt out to bars, etc. I like the tartan, and the sporran (not to mention the sporran is just needed..) but to much more seems over the top.

I actually do like the more strictly traditional look, it just does seem to fit with my age/lifestyle. I'm just one of those "modern traditionalists"

I am 30 years old, yet have been wearing traditional Highland attire for many years now - both in Scotland and abroad - and have ventured into many a pub whilst dressed in the kilt. The 'traditional' aspect has never seemed to bother me one bit, yet I will say again, 'to each is own' and I respect that.

Heading 'into a bar' at the Schlafly Tap Room in Saint Louis, Missouri for their annual Burns Night celebration. I was 27 in the photo shown below. I opted for tweed and I left the 'glittering gear' at home, i.e.- the doublet with silver buttons, silver mounted evening sporran, bar and buckle brogues, etc. The reasoning was mainly due to circumstance and environment.

I knew it would be rather congested in the Tap Room, despite the place being rather large, it always expects a lot of people for its annual Burns Night celebration. Thus, not being very conducive to wearing full-evening attire - I wore it later that week at my local St. Andrew's Society Burns Night Supper, where it was far more traditional and made more sense to do so.


Slainte,