The general opinion of Jacobite Shirts?

[Carolina Kiltman]

I'm with the "if you like it wear it" crowd.
I used to have a nice black one a few years ago. Many moves later I have no idea where it is now.

Perhaps I need to go shopping.

I'll throw in my tuppence worth also. I for one, almost never wear short sleeved shirts outside any more. After having somewhere around a dozen skin cancers peeled off - only one of the really nasty sort- I find a loose fitting shirt cooler here than the more formal type. In addition I get far fewer mosquito bites, they can't reach me from the fuller fabric. Fortunately I married a stage costumer, (among other talents) and she makes all my "gillie" shirts. (the mfgs do not make them with 38" sleeves!). I have raw cotton colour, green and lovat blue, and hose to match. Those colours are also in the kilt (well almost, the blue is really azure). But you get the idea. If it looks good to you and your SO, the go for it. But matching the hose to the shirt is always a good idea.

[filman]

howdy all

i like them as long asa they do not have the ruffles down front.
i wear mine with jeans and a vest as well with a kilt. but i am a stange
fellow. do what you like and what looks good on you.

[george7]

Or go Floridian and skip the shirt entirely.

[Nighthawk]

I wear mine for dancing (Ceroc & Folk) with a lightweight under-shirt to mop up the sweat. Looks good, the ladies seem to like it. Only drawback is that it can be very hot to dance in when the weather heats up!

Really? I find that mine breathes really well. That's why I always wear it to festivals- people think I'm wearing it as a costume, but I wear it because it's very functional. Unless I'm at a Renaissance Scots event. Then I wear it as part of my costume.

[Nighthawk]

Or go Floridian and skip the shirt entirely.

No one wants to see me do that. I'm all hairy, chubby and pasty. Maybe I should...

[Tetley]

Really? I find that mine breathes really well. That's why I always wear it to festivals- people think I'm wearing it as a costume, but I wear it because it's very functional. Unless I'm at a Renaissance Scots event. Then I wear it as part of my costume.

Depends how hard you dance. If I wear a normal t-shirt for Ceroc, for example, I need to take 2 or 3 extras to change into during the course of an evening's dancing.

Last weekend (2008.07.26) was the Warwick Folk Festival and I wore the Jacobite shirt for the last ceilidh of the festival. By the time I got home I could wring the sweat out of both the under-shirt and the Jacobite shirt. It was a very hot and muggy evening and I'm not sedate dancer

[Nighthawk]

Depends how hard you dance. If I wear a normal t-shirt for Ceroc, for example, I need to take 2 or 3 extras to change into during the course of an evening's dancing.

Last weekend (2008.07.26) was the Warwick Folk Festival and I wore the Jacobite shirt for the last ceilidh of the festival. By the time I got home I could wring the sweat out of both the under-shirt and the Jacobite shirt. It was a very hot and muggy evening and I'm not sedate dancer

OK. Muggy is something I have little experience. I live in a desert climate. It was 102 F today, with something like 5% humidity so I really have no idea how I would react to a humid climate in mine. I suspect not good- most of my family live in Ohio, and on the rare occasions that I go to visit, I spend a week congested and wet. So now that you mention muggy, I see your point!

[ForresterModern]

Jacobite shirts are just not for me---not the right look for some reason, regardless of the setting.

I think subliminally it reminds me of Seinfeld and his "puffy pirate shirt" episode.

[Jack Daw]

Who are we as Americans to tell the Scots that they are wearing their national dress in the wrong way?

But, I love to tell people what to do!

[Jack Daw]

OK. Muggy is something I have little experience. I live in a desert climate. It was 102 F today, with something like 5% humidity so I really have no idea how I would react to a humid climate in mine. I suspect not good- most of my family live in Ohio, and on the rare occasions that I go to visit, I spend a week congested and wet. So now that you mention muggy, I see your point!

I have lived in a humid climate (Corpus Christi, Baton Rouge, and Houston) since 1967. I've learned that wearing a T-shirt under an outer shirt is the best comfort. But, the loose-fitting "jacobite"/pirate/swashbuckler shirt seems to be quite breezy and appropriate without an undie. I still ain't gonna wear one.