Shirts In or Out

**Chris Webb** · 20th May 06, 01:00 PM

How do you WANT to wear it? That's really all that matters ... kilting is about freedom as much as tradition. Once you've put on anything with your kilt outside of traditional norms then you have wandered into free teritory, my friend.

Kilt On!

Chris Webb

**SB996** · 24th May 06, 05:25 PM

IN!!!!!!! Out looks sloppy, sloppy!

**Kilted KT** · 25th May 06, 09:57 PM

with the exception of a fine sweater or jacket/vest...always tuck in..

look like a "numpty" if you don't..and that is bad..(right P1M?)

**JayFilomena** · 23rd May 06, 07:28 AM

[QUOTE=bangkok kilt]Ok, I'm still pretty new to the kilt thing, so. . .

Is there any convention for tucking in your shirt? QUOTE]
Where are you going, and what are you wearing? I like riverkilts photo and that pretty much shows I wear mine. T-shirt under, over shirt out. If your going to a nice restaurant, or something not "formal" but not grunge either, I would wear the shirt in. Remember, a noble man is noble because he took it with the tip of his sword. Conventional wisdom is nothing more then someone else did it first, but I am not so sure that just because someone else did it first, it is the right way to do it.

**Riverkilt** · 23rd May 06, 07:49 AM

Aye Jay,

One of the great joys of kilting is experimenting with looks. Who would have guessed that jean jackets look great with a lot of tartan kilts?

There are soooo many things to experiment with....have fun with....develop your own look with.

Why should women have all the fun with fashion and leave men with drab colors and staid looks.

Ron

**Iolaus** · 23rd May 06, 09:42 PM

Originally Posted by Riverkilt

Why should women have all the fun with fashion and leave men with drab colors and staid looks.

That's, almost word-for-word, what Hamish told me, when I was just getting started back on the UK group,

**Hamish** · 25th May 06, 10:06 AM

Originally Posted by Iolaus

That's, almost word-for-word, what Hamish told me, when I was just getting started back on the UK group,

What a memory! You might well be right, Iolaus, but I am sure I would never, ever have recommended that you should dress in a sloppy or untidy manner!!!

**Norbydog** · 25th May 06, 09:34 PM

I like andyfg's son's "out" look. I don't think it looks tacky or unkempt, I think it is casual. Although when I dress casual I tend to tuck the shirt behind the sporran a bit.

My kilts are all tranditional height, which looks great for formal occasions, but in the Midsweat, I like to have a bit more breeze through my shirt. If I wear my kilts at the proper height, and tuck a T-shirt in, I think it looks goofy. Imagine pants up to the armpits look. My kilts are about 3 inches above Richland's on my waist.

**Iolaus** · 25th May 06, 09:54 PM

Originally Posted by Hamish

What a memory! You might well be right, Iolaus, but I am sure I would never, ever have recommended that you should dress in a sloppy or untidy manner!!!

The conversation was about color, not style. I believe the context was that you were answering my comment about prefering blacks and browns as a color scheme, rather than the bright modern colors so often seen.

This was back when I had just discovered UKs, and was trying to figure out how to "dress it up;" I hadn't yet accepted the posibility of wearing a tartan because of the aformentioned preference. I still feel that way; the only tartans I have are the Nightstalker and the Weathered Lamont, but I'm thinking about others.