Style, Fashion Rules, traditions, Flat caps, and the missing element...

[Panache]

There have been some lively discussions her over the last few days concerning traditional highland attire and the rules of fashion (not to mention flat caps! ).

But Ladies and Gentlemen of X Marks the Scot.com we have not discussed the missing element of Style...

Our own flair and individuality.

I remember seeing a gentleman at a Highland game a couple of years back wearing a black and red Hawaiian shirt and panama hat with his kilt. He was lounging in a chair smoking a cigar and completely content. By all rights he should have looked ridiculous.

But there, in person?

He looked cool

My friend Gryphonaire has been known to wear ghillie shirts and Utilikilts.

Now a lot of you just cringed when you read the sentence above.

But on him, in person, it works.

It has to do with who he is and the energy he brings with him into a situation. This wouldn't work for me, but he makes it work.

Now how about Kilts and baseball caps?

Like McMurdo they are not my favorite look and I think I would look absolutely stupid wearing one with a kilt. However TimC. , kiltimabar, and AndrewLenzJr all look good when they sport one.

It is some sort of individual quality they bring into the equation that makes it work. It is who they are.

Hate white hose? What about when Hamish wears them with his Montrose doublet? Absolutely elegant in my opinion. It might not work for others but he makes it work.

Style is a wonderful mixture of tradition, color sense, fashion rules (including knowing where to bend or even break them), practicality, and that all important factor...

...our own unique selves.

Here on XMTS I think we do a grand job of mixing the traditional with the contemporary and keeping kilts a living breathing fashion.



Cheers

Jamie