Commonwaelth Games
Commonwaelth Games
Last night the Games opened on the Gold Coast, there were a few countries where the males wore skirted garments as a part of the team uniform, most were countries from the Pacific islands. And they looked good.
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Re: Commonwaelth Games
The first team out on the parade of nations was Scotland, all of their athletes were wearing blue kilts, the women wearing two to blue kilts with purple in the pleats.
Quite smart.
Quite smart.
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the women wearing two to blue kilts with purple in the pleats.6ft3Aussie wrote:The first team out on the parade of nations was Scotland, all of their athletes were wearing blue kilts, the women wearing two to blue kilts with purple in the pleats.
Quite smart.
Something similar to this except change kilt color to blue ?
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"YES SKIRTING MATTERS"!
"Kilt-On" -or- as the case may be "Skirt-On" !
WHY ?
Isn't wearing a kilt enough?
Well a skirt will do in a pinch!
Make mine short and don't you dare think of pinching there !
"Kilt-On" -or- as the case may be "Skirt-On" !
WHY ?
Isn't wearing a kilt enough?
Well a skirt will do in a pinch!
Make mine short and don't you dare think of pinching there !
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Re: Commonwaelth Games
Yes, from memory, a blue tartan with possibly a similar purple tartan in the pleats.
Scotland's Commonwealth Games Kilts
Scotland's kilts - picture belowr.m.anderson wrote:the women wearing two to blue kilts with purple in the pleats.6ft3Aussie wrote:The first team out on the parade of nations was Scotland, all of their athletes were wearing blue kilts, the women wearing two to blue kilts with purple in the pleats.
Quite smart.
Something similar to this except change kilt color to blue ?
I prefer the style on the right.
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Nice picture.
Either she's a lanky lassie of he's a short wee laddie.
The 'Heritage of Scotland' tartan has blue & purple in it.
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Either she's a lanky lassie of he's a short wee laddie.
The 'Heritage of Scotland' tartan has blue & purple in it.
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Very smart. Once again, Scotland leads the way
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Re: Commonwaelth Games
The kilt does look very smart. I have always had a bit of a hang up when it comes to kilts, though. To me, they are highly culture specific and I have no Celtic blood, so far as I know. In wearing one, I would feel like someone wearing medals to which they were not entitled.
I know there is a tartan designed for my family name. Although I have no knowledge if I am in any way related to those who originally commissioned it, I wouldn't be averse to wearing a garment bearing that pattern. But the kilt itself seems to me to be part of another nation's heritage and I would feel a fraud donning one for that reason.
I know there is a tartan designed for my family name. Although I have no knowledge if I am in any way related to those who originally commissioned it, I wouldn't be averse to wearing a garment bearing that pattern. But the kilt itself seems to me to be part of another nation's heritage and I would feel a fraud donning one for that reason.
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I have the same issue with kilts as Stu. Intellectually I know it's rubbish, of course, but nonetheless it persists.Stu wrote:The kilt does look very smart. I have always had a bit of a hang up when it comes to kilts, though. To me, they are highly culture specific and I have no Celtic blood, so far as I know. In wearing one, I would feel like someone wearing medals to which they were not entitled.
I definitely like the designs in that photograph, however, and would wear either if not for the hangup about appropriating someone else's heritage.
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Must be the perspective of the photo. They're nearly the same height. He's actually a centimetre taller than her, according to Wikipedia, at 1.75m.Kirbstone wrote:Nice picture.
Either she's a lanky lassie of he's a short wee laddie.
The 'Heritage of Scotland' tartan has blue & purple in it.
Tom
Which is between 5'8" to 5'9".
Here's the story which I linked the photo from.