Kilt to prom on Glee tonight in prime time!

[bradpb]

Glee is supposed to send us a promotional picture, and when we receive that, I’ll post it here. I found a picture on the web, but it has no contrast, and the Black Watch kilt just looks black. Of course, the Black Watch tartan was designed to be stealthy in night raids, disappearing into the night, but good light brings out the pattern. That is exactly why I chose to outfit my pipe band (NATLPD.org) in Royal Stewart because I knew it would provide better contrast in pictures.

Cheers,
Brad Beaton

Pipe Major, North Atlanta Pipes and Drums (NATLPD.org)

[Galician]

I recently saw a photo of Marc Jacobs and his companion, both kilted for a social event. Neither was wearing a sporran. I guess that is accepted as a fashion statement, and thus how young guys like Curt(?) would understand the kilt is worn.

Were they to wear it regularly, they would find out differently.

[Semiomniscient]

I recently saw a photo of Marc Jacobs and his companion, both kilted for a social event. Neither was wearing a sporran. I guess that is accepted as a fashion statement, and thus how young guys like Curt(?) would understand the kilt is worn.

Were they to wear it regularly, they would find out differently.

This is one of those things that really irks me about the wearing of the kilt in the modern fashion world.
Do you think that the sporran is so often avoided because most formal options have fur?
I just can't understand why it's neglected so darn often. Without the sporran, the kilt looks much more like a skirt to me. (Why I usually suggest for my female friends who want to wear a kilt to go sans sporran and avoid kilt hose.)

[Galician]

That is an interesting point about the fur. It might very well be that they aren't aware of leather as an option.

On the other hand, in this day and age, attending a social event doesn't seem to require the wearing of a sporran. All that one needs to carry for the few hours spent while attending is cash and one's car keys (or a Metrocard here in NYC). So maybe they just consider it too bulky for comfort or for the look they want.

P.S. Change cash to a credit card!

[Semiomniscient]

That is an interesting point about the fur. It might very well be that they aren't aware of leather as an option.

On the other hand, in this day and age, attending a social event doesn't seem to require the wearing of a sporran. All that one needs to carry for the few hours spent while attending is cash and one's car keys (or a Metrocard here in NYC). So maybe they just consider it too bulky for comfort or for the look they want.

P.S. Change cash to a credit card!

Or maybe they find it odd or uncomfortable to wear a sporran. Thinking about it, where do most newbies place it? Usually far too low. It sags, it presses into the kilt and makes one look frumpy or disshevelled. Can't have that on TV or with celebrities, where appearance is everything. So maybe that is part of it too? I'm curious if they bought a sporran to go with the ensemble and then decided against it? Did they start with what's typical and then begin dressing it down/making fashion adjustments?

[xman]

While I agree that a traditional kilt should be accompanied by a sporran, just the other day I accidentally ventured out without one myself. Noone seemed to notice.

[Semiomniscient]

Very interesting photos! But I don't think they really prove your point as the conventions of dress are completely different between the period art and modern dress. But it does prove that conventions do shift and something is not inherently one way or another in fashion. Nevertheless, we need to recognize how we and others perceive different fashions.

But anyway, I think some of the argument previously mentioned had to do with Kurt's character being effeminate and that it would reflect on the kilt, not just because he wore Highland attire in an unconventional way.

[Tobus]

But anyway, I think some of the argument previously mentioned had to do with Kurt's character being effeminate and that it would reflect on the kilt, not just because he wore Highland attire in an unconventional way.

Exactly. While I would rather have seen the kilt portrayed in a more traditional manner, what bothered me about this is not that the kilt was worn in a more 'modern' fashion. It's that they took a very flamboyantly effeminate character who, by all reports, regularly dresses in womens' clothing, and put him in a man's garment that already suffers from misunderstanding amongst Americans.

So rather than showing the kilt as a decidedly masculine form of dress, their presentation of the kilt further marginalizes it as questionably feminine for all the viewers who don't know any better.

Even if their presentation of the kilt had been perfectly traditional and correct, it was the fact that they attached it to the character that they did which makes it less than a positive portrayal in my opinion. At the end of the day, we are likely to hear more "skirt" comments in our regular kilt-wearing lives because of this show, rather than less.

[GoodGirlGonePlaid]

Kurt rocked the kilt!
Funny thing, I thought it brought out his masculine side, which is usually quite hidden. See, a kilt brings out the inner "manly man."

I loved the boots! But maybe I also want them for me, to wear with skinny jeans. I had Boot Envy.

Kurt is a handsome kid, the Black Watch looked great on him.

[Bugbear]

Kurt rocked the kilt!
Funny thing, I thought it brought out his masculine side, which is usually quite hidden. See, a kilt brings out the inner "manly man."

I loved the boots! But maybe I also want them for me, to wear with skinny jeans. I had Boot Envy.

Kurt is a handsome kid, the Black Watch looked great on him.

I don't watch the show... and wouldn't get the chance to see the outfit first hand. Someone did PM me the plot of the show, though.
Still think buckle shoes would have been nice.