Dressing for Scotland

[Jack Daw]

By GAD! What have I done?! A good example of spotting the American versus the Aussie:

[Sean Wilson]

I'm from Yorkshire in the UK and I see lost of people wearing clothes in all styles. i.e. baseball caps (with & without logos in all sorts of situations, white t-shirts (v and round neck under open topped shirts), buttoned shirts, buttoned and open necked shirts with ties, clothes ill fitting and cut to fit, jeans, chinos, traditional trousers, a wide variety of shoes etc. etc. etc. and no one bats an eye or passes comment.

People in my experience in the UK (and I'm a British native) dress differently for different occasions (some times appropriately and sometimes not). For me the differences are exciting, it helps people to express themselves as individuals irrespective of what nationality they are or place they originate from.

I've not long been a kilt wearer but have been a "Saxon" style/European style clothes wearer all my life (48 years young) and would say the same about casual clothing in the UK as kilts in Scotland - should one be governed by the western clothing police any more than a person should be governed by the kilt police?

I'd say if you're comfortable wear it.

However, it goes without question one should show respect for others and use a modicum of common sense. I would not wear a pair of shorts and a baseball cap to a UK funeral, nor would I wear a pair of jean and a t-shirt to a job interview for an office worker post.

PS: I'm British and do at times wear a white t-shirt under an open necked shirt. I don't believe that classes me as dressing like a North American or being badly dressed. Maybe we do things differently in Yorkshire - lol

Just my opinion.

[thecompaqguy]

I'd say if you're comfortable wear it.

However, it goes without question one should show respect for others and use a modicum of common sense. I would not wear a pair of shorts and a baseball cap to a UK funeral, nor would I wear a pair of jean and a t-shirt to a job interview for an office worker post.

PS: I'm British and do at times wear a white t-shirt under an open necked shirt. I don't believe that classes me as dressing like a North American or being badly dressed. Maybe we do things differently in Yorkshire - lol

Just my opinion.

I think we've worn out this thread of what is actually worn in Scotland daily and what is hoped is worn there Kilts just arent daily wear.

[WillowEstate]

No, no, no! This grinning business, jumping up and down caper and the very idea of clapping enthusiastically will all have to cease forthwith! The poker face, hard done by, down trodden, long suffering, dour Scot is the look and style that is required! We practice the look in front of the mirror, every day.

I was going to give you an Aye for this erudite comment, Jock, then I noticed your smiley was laughing. Surely this one is more appropriate to the point you make?

As for the decline in sartorial elegance, I blame the BBC. They should never have allowed the newsreaders not to wear dinner jackets and bow ties when reading the radio news. All went downhill from there!

[Liam]

[QUOTE Maybe we do things differently in Yorkshire - lol

[/QUOTE]

😉I don't know about you doing things differently, but you do talk differently😉😉😉

[Jock Scot]

I'm from Yorkshire in the UK and I see lost of people wearing clothes in all styles. i.e. baseball caps (with & without logos in all sorts of situations, white t-shirts (v and round neck under open topped shirts), buttoned shirts, buttoned and open necked shirts with ties, clothes ill fitting and cut to fit, jeans, chinos, traditional trousers, a wide variety of shoes etc. etc. etc. and no one bats an eye or passes comment.

People in my experience in the UK (and I'm a British native) dress differently for different occasions (some times appropriately and sometimes not). For me the differences are exciting, it helps people to express themselves as individuals irrespective of what nationality they are or place they originate from.

I've not long been a kilt wearer but have been a "Saxon" style/European style clothes wearer all my life (48 years young) and would say the same about casual clothing in the UK as kilts in Scotland - should one be governed by the western clothing police any more than a person should be governed by the kilt police?

I'd say if you're comfortable wear it.

However, it goes without question one should show respect for others and use a modicum of common sense. I would not wear a pair of shorts and a baseball cap to a UK funeral, nor would I wear a pair of jean and a t-shirt to a job interview for an office worker post.

PS: I'm British and do at times wear a white t-shirt under an open necked shirt. I don't believe that classes me as dressing like a North American or being badly dressed. Maybe we do things differently in Yorkshire - lol

Just my opinion.

I don't think anyone has suggested that North Americans are dressing badly, or anyone else for that matter( apart from, perhaps, the picture of the fellow with his tie at half mast). The question by the OP, an American, was how could he blend in better when he visits Scotland. He recognises that some visitors do tend to stand out from the locals, as many visitors do wear their assorted attire in a different manner to the locals. He is quite correct, some do, as no doubt I would, if I visited America, so what has followed from that original question have been several pages of fairly light hearted observation and hopefully helpful comment and suggestion. Nothing more.

[Jock Scot]

I was going to give you an Aye for this erudite comment, Jock, then I noticed your smiley was laughing. Surely this one is more appropriate to the point you make?

Well it depends, I suppose, whether I was trying to humorous, or not, but cry could be usefully used on occasion!