I need you advice on 1st belt color

[Panache]

Here's a odd fashion philosophical thought.

I just re-read Matt's blog entry about belts and was struck by this passage:

I would avoid what is marketed as the standard kilt belt (black leather kilt belt with a separate rectangular buckle, usually nickel plated). This is the style seen most often worn with the kilt... You'll find that this is the most common style of belt seen at Highland Games, worn even with very casual wear. I've seen this style of belt worn frequently with t-shirts and other ultra-casual wear. So if this is the only belt you have, you won't be out of place wearing it to the Highland Games or other Scottish festival...

Here is my thought process

(1)These rectangular buckled formal belts have been sold mistakenly as standard kilt belts.

(2) A great many occassional kilt wearers wear these as day wear and informally.

(3) Therefore doesn't this meana that this is a legitimate fashion?

Hear me out folks!

The origins are from a wrong take on the original fashion. But none the less if they are being sold and worn in this new way doesn't that make it an acceptable fashion?

I'm not arguing with Matt (Heaven forbid!)

I was just thinking about how fashion trends and how this may be the evolution of one.

Cheers

Panache

[Fearnest]

Here's a odd fashion philosophical thought.

The origins are from a wrong take on the original fashion. But none the less if they are being sold and worn in this new way doesn't that make it an acceptable fashion?

Panache

HERETIC! STONE HIM!!! OFF WITH HIS HEAD!!!

Hmmm... of course you're right. Just as with anything that has come into common acceptance through the years - like foul language in public, sex and violence on television, bad manners in schools, answering cell phones in restaurants, wearing white after Labor Day, yada, yada, yada. Anything that is wide-spread is by definition acceptable in society, even if it is not acceptable to a portion of that society.

We can decide to accept and embrace it, or shudder and revile it - or even ignore it. But in any case, it's done and here to stay.

[Chef]

HERETIC! STONE HIM!!! OFF WITH HIS HEAD!!!

Hmmm... of course you're right. Just as with anything that has come into common acceptance through the years - like foul language in public, sex and violence on television, bad manners in schools, answering cell phones in restaurants, wearing white after Labor Day, yada, yada, yada. Anything that is wide-spread is by definition acceptable in society, even if it is not acceptable to a portion of that society.

We can decide to accept and embrace it, or shudder and revile it - or even ignore it. But in any case, it's done and here to stay.

Unfortunately we accept far to much, far too easily these days.

However just because something is accepted doesn't make it correct. I always think it looks a little odd to see a t-shirt and trainers with a formal belt but most kilt suppliers don't sell other options.

On the other hand I rank it right up there with wearing a white tie shirt for black tie, I know it's wrong but I don't really care. On the other hand is it any worse than seeing someone in a PC jacket at the games. Probably wearing it because he owns it and can't find anyplace else to wear it.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Here is my advice on the belt.

If you think this is going to be your one and only kilt belt for a while, go with a fairly simple black leather belt. Because it is block, you can dress it up for formal wear if you need to, and by keeping it simple in design, you can also wear it for casual wear.

However, if it is within your wardrobe budget, I really reccomend eventually getting both a black and brown leather belt (and of course sporrans to match) because it really adds versatility to your wardrobe.

M

[cavscout]

I agree with Matt. Visually I think the main thing that takes the belt to a formal belt is the large shiney waist plate usually found on kilt belts. If you put a less ornate buckle on the same belt it looks so much less formal. That's where the other buckles I'm carrying come in.

The decision maker for me is how often will I wear a formal rig. More times than not, if I am dressing up I will be wearing a waist coat so I won't wear a belt anyway.