1 Great Kilt, 10 Looks: A Visual Guide to Modern Great Kilting

[Tenmiles]

I think the white tie version is outstanding. Very evocative of portraiture where great kilts were still often depicted.

[OC Richard]

This is great!

To me this photo best embodies my personal take on all this, the "what if?" question "what if the fillabeg had never appeared, and Highland dress evolved as it did, but with the fillamore? It's the classic traditional modern Highland Dress including the type of Evening Dress sporran that evolved in the early 20th century. (And BTW that's a fantastic necktie- I'm envious.)



Were you wearing Gordon tartan you would match in with that tractor quite nicely!

However what I think works against the theme "modern Great Kilting" is the use, in several photos, of an early style sporran. Then you get the thing happening where the viewer doesn't quite know what's going on: we have an 18th century kilt and an 18th century sporran, but wait, there are modern elements too. For "contemporary" fillabegging I would expect to see some modern sporran, particularly a fully modern one such as this nylon one



Or no sporran at all, which is quite common in "contemporary" kiltwearing.

Another "mixed message" photo features a number of 18th century items with a modern chrome-top horsehair sporran. I know kiltwearing is casual and fun, yet such mixing always looks odd to my eye.