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    Quote Originally Posted by jsrnephdoc View Post
    Another thing that seems obvious to me is that those boots that started this thread might be OK in foul weather or at athletic contests, but they'd be considered as weird as some of the bizarre costumes we've seen in this thread and others at semi-formal occasions sitting below a kilt.
    I think the expected market is those that are going for this look.


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    Smile What WERE they thinking

    Quote Originally Posted by MacKenzie View Post
    I think the expected market is those that are going for this look.


    Pretty clear to me that they and I are unlikely to meet while shopping for clothing…

    Especially those two guys in the front row with what seem to be overly long waistcoats extending WAY too far below their waists, that look almost like protestant clergymen's ritual stoles. Especially the one to the right in the pairing, in the jacket that looks as though it might have happened had the 19th century Dutch painter Piet Mondrian broken into Lochcarron Mills in a drunken stupor after midnight and managed to pilot the looms for a few hours.

    But, as the new kid (admittedly an almost-78 y.o. "infant") on the block here, I'd not be at all surprised to learn that's a "historically accurate" look that's—thankfully—faded away from contemporary dress.

    But I HAVE learned from these threads that I have to get me one or two nice tattersall shirts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jsrnephdoc View Post
    Especially those two guys in the front row with what seem to be overly long waistcoats extending WAY too far below their waists, that look almost like protestant clergymen's ritual stoles.
    That's not the waistcoat. They are detachable front pockets.

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    Kilt pockets

    Quote Originally Posted by MacKenzie View Post
    That's not the waistcoat. They are detachable front pockets.

    https://21stcenturykilts.com/kilts
    I realized that pretty quickly, perhaps after drifting through the surprising "High-Vis Gear with a kilt" thread and seeing Jock Scot's photo of a beheaded freeway traffic cone as the model for a high-vis kilt.

    But I stand by my contention that from wherever those appendages originated, they certainly are UGLY!

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    Quote Originally Posted by MacKenzie View Post
    Now I'm not a propper Scotsman grounded by the borders of Scotland... but this pic I always found a smidge off. The leather kilt, kilts with pockets, and Mr All Plaid-Man. A few look okay... but it's the odd ones that stick out like a sore thumb to me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by spr0k3t View Post
    Now I'm not a proper Scotsman grounded by the borders of Scotland... but this pic I always found a smidge off.
    Yes. The fellow 2nd from the right (in the back with the gray jacket & waistcoat), from what I can see, is about the only one that looks "traditional". At least how it is viewed here anyway.
    Last edited by MacKenzie; 4th September 25 at 08:19 AM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MacKenzie View Post
    Yes. The fellow 2nd from the right (in the back with the gray jacked & waistcoat), from what I can see, is about the only one that looks "traditional". At least how it is viewed here anyway.
    Ahem, cough cough, non of them are dressed traditionally!
    " Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the adherence of idle minds and minor tyrants". Field Marshal Lord Slim.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
    Ahem, cough cough, non of them are dressed traditionally!
    Pick the lad's attire apart then.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MacKenzie View Post
    Pick the lad's attire apart then.
    Well alright, he is the best of a bad lot. Except for the sporran with its offset sporran flap fastening, kilt worn too low and the dreadful Windsor knot for his tie that really wont do.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
    Well alright, he is the best of a bad lot. Except for the sporran with its offset sporran flap fastening, kilt worn too low and the dreadful Windsor knot for his tie that really wont do.
    Noticed that about the sporran, but can't really tell if it's an offset flap or not (the one on the far left certainly is). I do think it's worn too high.

    Yes, all the kilts are too low.

    What's your preferred tie knot?
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