New KIlt

[OC Richard]

Congratulations!!

I too was on a decades-long kilt-buying hiatus; the last kilt I had bought was for my wedding in 1988.

(The kilts I was wearing during the hiatus were band-issued ones.)

Then in 2009 I came into a small sum of money and ordered my first kilt in ages, an Isle Of Skye.

And that was it for another decade...but now I've bought three new kilts in the last five years!

[RGM1]

Barb did my Fleming 16 oz which I am.quite pleased with. Fortunately I went with what was available rather than one of the other choices. She received the tartan shortly before Dagliesh closed. Wore it to the Hoolie at Carnegie Hall during tartan week in NYC.

[DCampbell16B]

My wife was included in a juried art show. I thought it was a good occasion to break in the kilt.

I think pretty much TCHD. Open to suggestions.

[Jock Scot]

That looks pretty good to me! Being a tad persnickety , yes, yes, I know, but --------------! Those flashes could be reduced in length by half.

[DCampbell16B]

That looks pretty good to me! Being a tad persnickety , yes, yes, I know, but --------------! Those flashes could be reduced in length by half.

Thanks, yes. Good point. I like the red, but the flashes are showing their age, and the hose tops don't turn down much more to cover the flashes (I do have other hose, just not what I had on then). I've been thinking for much too long about getting garters to tie by hand. But they cost money, and I have enough Scottish DNA to be stin --- thrifty. I'll be getting them before long, though, which will improve things.

[User]

Thanks, yes. Good point. I like the red, but the flashes are showing their age, and the hose tops don't turn down much more to cover the flashes...

If you felt so inclined, you could fold the flashes over themselves to shorten them.

[Jock Scot]

If you felt so inclined, you could fold the flashes over themselves to shorten them.

Thats what I do. My assorted kilt/shooting hose have different lengths of turnover so its handy to roll up/down the "flash" part to get the most pleasing effect.

[geomick]

...I think pretty much TCHD. Open to suggestions.

What is "TCHD" for those not familiar with all of the TLAs and FLAs?

[PiperPadre]

What is "TCHD" for those not familiar with all of the TLAs and FLAs?

Traditional civilian Highland dress.

See you at the Waukesha Games?

[geomick]

thanks

I will be there all 3 days. Supposed to be mid-70s for the weekend. Either Saturday or Sunday will be the Glen Affric Great Kilt. Planning to be in the pub tent Saturday for the last two bands (Old Goat Skiffle Band and Radiation).