Quote Originally Posted by Taskr View Post
Patrick,
Panache is only mentioning that the rest of your outfit is a higher standard of dress than the ghillie shirt. The stuff you've bought looks good! Very good in fact. The sporran is quite fancy with the chrome cantle and all - excellent for a business or more formal event. The detractor to what you already have (which is impressive) is the ghillie shirt. You've a few options for kilted dress from what we've seen in pics thus far. Here are two suggestions: 1. With your ghillie shirt, go with a less formal shoe, or even a boot. Try the look without the belt, just to remove the chrome element from your waist. Maybe you can find a nice wide belt at a thrift shop, or perhaps find a good deal on a dull(er) finish buckle. A very plain (very inexpensive) sporran might fit the look better. There's lots you can do to meet the look you want that need not cost much at all. 2. With the brogues, try a shirt and tie with the belt. Can look quite sharp. Try a nice pullover with or without a collared shirt and with/without a tie - dependent on pullover collar style, of course. This can be a very nice look for an afternoon out and about, or when looking to impress (for whatever reason). This isn't suggested to change your look, only to let you know that what you have can make this look work quite well.

Not everything has to come from a kilt shop. The more time you spend reading the threads and experimenting with what is already in your wardrobe and in other non-kilt shops, the breadth and depth of your "kilted looks" will develop and expand to suit you and the events you care to wear it. That is what I've been doing and I have found it very helpful.

IMO there's no need to get another kilt (re: 1 kilt, 10 looks thread), and giving up on kilt wearing now would be a shame since you've some very nice stuff already.
What about wearing it with brown Ghillie Brogues? See, I look at the brown ones and get the impression it's more informal than the black ones. I want to wear Ghillie Brogues with the shirt. I wouldn't wear buckle brogues, they're too formal. I was thinking something like brown brogues with red or blue hose.