Modern take on the kilt?

[Manu]

Not Howie in the pic, but those fellas are definitely wearin Howies' work. It's just another contemporary take on the kilt. I used to like it in my early twenties, now I'd feel out of place lookin like that.

And the boots, they're scuffed up on purpose, it's the vintage look that the British brand All Saints made so popular about 7 year ago. I used to work for them and honest to goodness, the shoes came out of the box looking like they had seen combat in 10 different countries.

[Luke MacGillie]

For someone still angry about the change in fashion from box to knife pleats, this is an abomination!

[Nomad]

For someone still angry about the change in fashion from box to knife pleats, this is an abomination!

That is the best one liner I have heard in a long time

[PleatedOne]

My Apologies

[Katia]

I'm all for scruffy boots, but not when everything else is smart and obviously brand new.

Precisely. Either you're formal, or you're not. It's up there with dinner jackets worn with jeans, or sneakers worn with suits. Make up your mind. But formal-looking attire and fabrics, completed with casual-looking pockets and footwear... makes me think either they're mixed up, or the airline lost their proper shoes and the boots were all they had. I like the concept of cargo pockets at least as much as the next person, but I wouldn't put them on my formal trousers.

It's a fashion statement I've never understood. To think of all the jeans I've thrown out over the years when they were worn and abused enough to fetch $300 on the shelf.

This is always what I say, as well! I'm good enough at wearing my own holes into jeans. I don't need help. Long before my jeans get to looking like some of these "pre-distressed" pairs, it's time for the rag pile! And I certainly don't want the manufacturer helping me wear them out in spots by "pre-distressing," either. I've owned a couple pairs with strategic application of this method, and guess where the jeans tend to wear through, long before the rest of them looks even worn?

[DyerStraits]

I'm also a fan of 21st Century's product and philosophy and would love to own one of their three-piece kilted suits in a Donegal or herringbone tweed, although I personally don't care for the slouched hose look or the self-fabric pockets...

[Calico]

Okay, so I'm not a fashionista.

They both look like models being paid to wear those outfits on a runway. They look awful.

[Steve Ashton]

More from 21st Century Kilts.

This is the musical group Celtic Thunder.



The thing to look for to identify Howie's kilts and outfits is to look for the trademark lightening bolt kilt pin.

[ItchyTick]

I'm all for scruffy boots, but not when everything else is smart and obviously brand new.

I like to wear combat boots with my modern kilts, always blacked and buffed.

Or the gunny would have had me doing extra duty.

[Tobus]

Those boots do need attention Terry but look like honest scuffs on the toes.

There's nothing honest about those worn toes on his boots. That's about as fake a scuff job as I've ever seen.