Redundant or affectation?

[The Wizard of BC]

A non-Tartan kilt can be worn without a sporran if you choose.

At this Highland Games no one even noticed that I did not have a sporran.



But please notice that I am wearing this "as you would wear a kilt" and not as an alternative garment.

I have no personal experience with the 5.11 product but from the reviews I think it would be difficult to pull off the same look with a 5.11.

In my early kilt making days I experimented and tried a lot of different looks and combination. I never found a jacket designed for trousers that looked good with a kilt. It is not the sporran cut-away it is the length. A suit coat is cut to come down to the bottom of the buttocks (To hid the wrinkle formed by the trouser legs.) where a jacket cut for a kilt comes down only to the crest of the buttocks. This small length difference of about 3-4 inches makes all the difference in the world.