The Importance of knowing the Rules of Kilted Fashion

[davedove]

Wow! Go away for a few days and I come back to a fifteen page thread!

The Rules of Fashion constantly evolve.

Someone may bend or even break a rule and come up with something that works so well that it becomes the new rule.

Men's formal fashions seem to evolve at a much slower rate that casual ones.

The big point I was trying to make in the is thread that when we Ladies and Gentlemen of X Marks the Scot break with tradition it should be a deliberate choice and not ignorance.

Some of these choices are going to be bold and daring and will be successes

Some of these choices are going to look stupid and dreadful

When one leaves the path for the wilderness one never knows exactly what one will find.

A good knowledge of the conventions, guidelines, and rules of Highland fashion can at least be a compass in that unknown terrain.

Cheers

Jamie

I'll have to agree with Jamie here, and even expand on it. Even traditions change over time, or at least one must pick an era when dressing traditionally. This even happens in uniforms - how many of the world's military uniforms are the same as they were even fifty years ago.

I think when the "traditionalists" speak here, they are refering to what is known as traditional in the current day and all the advice must be taken that way.

As Jamie says, someone will try something different as time passes, and the successful attempts will be blended into what is known as "traditional."

My own philosophy is to try to use the concepts of color coordination and good taste to guide my choices. I may not always be successful, but I do try.