In the first photo of the thread you will note that the gentleman has matched the red flower in the shirt to the red of his kilt - what more needs to be said?

Such care in the selection of attire seems to come with the wearing of the kilt, and after a few years of almost constant kilt wearing I now match belt and footwear, select the colour of top that best goes with the kilt and tend towards a lot more preeking and preening than I used to do.

I have even been seen in shoes, which had long languished neglected as my footwear was either sandals or boots.

My crochet hook has been plied to make berets of different colours to wear with different kilts and I have also taken up knitting needles and begun to make new hose.

If wearing the kilt can achieve such alteration in an ageing female hippy type, it is only natural that men should aspire to perfect their attire - but of course it also brings out the individuality, so what seems good to one can offend the eye of another - but that is only to be expected.

Anne the Pleater