Ok, so they're not MY photos, but...

[Rex_Tremende]

Now I understand from reading the forum here that there are ways of getting things cheaper. As a matter of fact, I liked the idea of getting a pair of wing tip shoes and cutting the tongue and every other eyelet out. (Found a pair like that at the PX I'm saving up for)

Before you put scissors to the good pair of wingtips from the PX, why not find a lesser pair from Good Will to practice on? Then you can see whether the results are worth the effort.

Actually a nice pair of intact wingtips goes very well with a kilt.

Regards,
Rex.

[Livingston]

Before you put scissors to the good pair of wingtips from the PX, why not find a lesser pair from Good Will to practice on? Then you can see whether the results are worth the effort.

Actually a nice pair of intact wingtips goes very well with a kilt.

Regards,
Rex.

The intact wingtips would be my first choice. In fact, that is what I wear with my kilt most of the time. For casual I will wear black low boots or tennis shoes. The idea of spending about $150 a pair of shoes that I would wear once or twice a year is not very appealing to me. My wingtips I can also wear to work with those dreaded items we don't like to admit we own. AND, they don't cost as much.

[Panache]

I am sensing a "snobby' vs. "cheapy" fight beginning to brew.

If cajunscot saves an entire year and then orders a handmade Matt Newsome boxpleat kilt in the finest quality tartan to wear with pride, that's a good thing.

If Panache saves for less time and orders a Stillwater heavyweight kilt and wears it with pride, that's a good thing.

Is the handmade kilt going to be better quality than the mass produced Stillwater?

You bet!

Does this mean that the Stillwater kilt is garbage?

Nope!

But they are different.

Just like a Miata isn't a Porsche 911.

They both can be quite nice in their own way.

It seems that most often those who knock the value of the really good stuff have never had the pleasure of owning or wearing it.

It also seems that those who knock the affordable stuff have never condescended to giving it a try.

I (like McMurdo and a few others here on XMTS) have a bit of perspective and see the place for both types.

The Mod Squad is really sick to death of these kinds of arguments.

I believe that Greg's original point was to try and illustrate the concept of understated kilt outfits.

Let's stick with that.

By the by,

...Actually a nice pair of intact wingtips goes very well with a kilt.

I'm with Rex. If you want Ghillie Brogues then do yourself a favor and save up for ghillie brogues. If you don't, then just get a pair of nice dress shoes. They will work great with a kilt.


Cheers

Jamie

[auld argonian]

It may just be me but whenever I see these posed model shots I always think that the shoulders of the jackets look too broad for the person wearing them. There's just some kind of problem with the proportions...I have that problem when trying on jackets; sometimes they fit in every other way but the shoulders look too broad. I refer to it as the "Clark Kent Look" after those old Superman TV shows from the Fifties where George Reeves wardrobe as Clark Kent had these almost geometrically shaped suit coats.

Is it just me or does anybody else see this?

Best

AA