Inviting Critiscism.... For Jock Scot etc.

[Kilted Karl]

Jock Scot,

Thank you for your input, very helpful!

It may be hard to see but the sporran is on a leather strap. I have a chain but I never use it for the reason you mentioned.

:ootd: Karl

[Jock Scot]

Just noticed the SD, it might pay you to push it into your hose quite a bit more. Leaving about an inch to inch and a half, poking out. Its will be more secure that way.

Just, just noticed! It might be worth threading the T bar on the watch chain from the outside to inside , it looks more tidy and will be less likely to catch on anything.

[Liam]

Just to add to Jock's comments, to my eye, your sporran looks a tad small. A minor point as well with your pocket watch chain, the "t-bar" is usually on the inside, not outside. Overall you have pulled things off fairly well!

[Nathan]

First of all, well done. I do agree with everything Jock said in his post. Here are some tweaks you might consider.

Bonnet: I wear a bonnet in the traditional manner but only at clan events etc... otherwise I go bareheaded. One guideline I tend to follow is that I don't wear a bonnet if I'm not wearing a jacket. I also prefer a more traditional and less historical looking bonnet shape. If you're dressing in period attire, by all means wear the flat blue bonnet, but when dressing traditional, keep it traditional. You acknowledged that you know this already in your OP.

Tiny nitpick: Your kilt looks a tad high to my eyes as do your hose. I try to have the hose go up to about three fingers below my kneecap and the top of the kilt in line with the top of my knee at the highest and mid knee at the lowest. Yours looks to be a few fingers above the top of the knee but this could be a camera angle thing. Hose for sure, kilt maybe.

Garter ties: I like to show less of them to avoid the wind sock effect and just have a peek of colour. I also line them up directly to the outside edge of my shin bone. These are personal preferences and how you have yours are perfectly fine.

Keep it up and kilt on!

[McClef]

Very well turned out and modeled!

Fine tune it as you see fit having listened to sage advice above.

[GrainReaper]

I have to agree with jock Scot, the button down collar makes my teeth itch, aside from that I love the jaunt of your bonnet in the second pic and overall I think you are smartly dressed indeed!

All I see that's missing is a tad more chain showing from your pocket watch, I love a fine pocket watch and to me that chain droop adds a bit of polished pizazz to a well attired gent.

[kiltedrennie]

All of it sounds like great advice to me.

I believe button down collar shirts were originally created so Ivy League polo players could keep their shirt collars out of their face. I see a lot of people wearing them with a tie, but I consider them semi-casual wear more in line with a sport coat without a tie.

I am primarily a casual kilt wearer, but I do appreciate advice from the well turned out members here

[Dileasgubas]

This is all high praise from the experts. I might add that you look great in a tie and confident in your kilted attire. Keep it up!

[BCAC]

Jock Scot,

Thank you for your input, very helpful!

It may be hard to see but the sporran is on a leather strap. I have a chain but I never use it for the reason you mentioned.

:ootd: Karl

If that's the case it is very expertly disguised as a chain!

[Kilted Karl]

The leather belt is braided so in the right light it does look rather like a chain.

:ootd: Karl