Have you/would you wear this?

**Spuggs** · 18th October 12, 12:50 PM

Ok, odd idea, may be starting something new or perhaps not. Have any of us worn jeans, dress shirt (or even plaid button down) with sweater or jacket and also a sporran as an accent piece? Considering doing just this for an art gallery opening tonight. A tad cold and damp here in Regina SK right now. Ouch

**Chas** · 18th October 12, 01:03 PM

No. Sorry, some things are just wrong.

Regards

Chas

**creagdhubh** · 18th October 12, 01:10 PM

Uh, no. Sporrans are meant to be worn with Highland dress.

Cheers,

**Spuggs** · 18th October 12, 01:15 PM

Whew, thanks folks. Wouldn't want to look sillier than I already do. Was thinking of that old classic Circle Jerks iconic image of the guy with jeans, kilt, Doc Martens.

Really guys, thanks

**auld argonian** · 18th October 12, 01:32 PM

I've worn a sporran with jeans...one of the leather Stillwater Nightstalker ones, specifically. Just needed the extra cargo capacity and the sporran was handy...why not? Several people recognized it as a sporran and commented that it was a good idea. Lots of people asked what it was and also commented that it was a good idea...and a more manly alternative to a fanny pack/butt bag (as usual, sorry UK residents, it's still called a fanny pack in these here parts).

Mind you, this was on casual occasions...not dressy or even semi-dressy...though I don't see the harm. The current crop of suits and sport coats that I see are cut rather short in the body so a certain visual balance could be had by wearing a sporran.

Best

AA

**Tobus** · 18th October 12, 01:35 PM

Another *** for the idea that a sporran with trousers is just wrong and weird. If you have to go that route, wear a fanny pack.

However, I've considered wearing a tweed Argyll jacket with trousers (slacks or khakis, not jeans). To most folks, it would just be an interestingly-cut jacket. Even though it's wrong*, it still wouldn't look as wrong as a sporran with trousers. When a sporran is taken out of the kilt context, it would just be a bizarre crotch-mounted man purse**.

*It wouldn't be wrong with tartan trousers/trews.

**Sporrans were historically worn with the old-style trews which were more like tartan tights, as seen below.

**tundramanq** · 18th October 12, 01:44 PM

I can see the use of pack or sporran, If I ever get ill and wear pants again

I once wore pretty snug pants and thus the pockets were pretty useless for more than a thin wallet.

**imrichmond** · 18th October 12, 01:46 PM

I agree with the above comments. I have certainly never seen a man wearing a sporran with regular street clothes. When I was in Paris on sabbatical in the early 1980s, though, there was a fashion fad that consisted of using sealskin dress sporrans as women's shoulder bags. The sporrans were sold in many boutiques as "bourses écossaises" (Scottish purses) and I saw many women carrying them with the waist strap used as an adjustable shoulder strap. When I returned to Paris six years later, the fad was over and I didn't see a single one.

**CMcG** · 19th October 12, 06:22 AM

Originally Posted by Spuggs

... Was thinking of that old classic Circle Jerks iconic image of the guy with jeans, kilt, Doc Martens.

I'm not so sure that the Circle Jerks logo has a kilt in it... maybe more of a tartan rag

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Q87phprIbd...s400/jerks.gif

At first I was thinking a categorical "no" for sporrans with p@nts...

A few people have mentioned that perhaps something like a nylon Stillwater Nightstalker cargo sporran could work and I'd like to see some pics. I imagine it is possible because that particular product has always looked like a hybrid fanny pack/sporran. Nonetheless, it would look best off to the side as a hip bag, rather than in the traditional sporran position, which could look like too much of a juxtaposition.

Here is the only example I've ever seen of a sporran with p@nts, which I found on a blog (LINK). Yes, the whole outfit looks ridiculous, but I think it was intended as a costume for Boy George's 50th birthday bash. I hope this poor fellow wouldn't wear that in a non-costume situation

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3283/...b543f356c9.jpg

p.s. sorry about the links for images. I'm getting an error that says "the linked images are too large," which is unusual because they are small files...