- 1). Put on a plain white collared shirt and button it up. The shirt can either be worn with a bow tie or a tie that matches the plaid of your kilt.
- 2). Put on your hose (socks). Pull your hose all the way up but wait to adjust them until after you've put on your flashes and garters.
- 3
Your flashes should match the plaid of your kilt.scotsman leg close up image by laurent dambies from Fotolia.com
Thread the garters through the hoops in your flashes, if your flashes and garters arrive separately. Now clip the garters around your calves about 2 to 3 inches below the knee. The flashes can face towards the front of the leg or towards the outside. - 4). Fold the top of your hose over the flashes so the garters do not show. You will be folding the hose over so that about half of your flashes are still showing.
- 5). Put on your brogues (shoes). If you are wearing buckle brogues, simply buckle the shoes and skip to step 7. For how to tie ghillie brogues (tie shoes) look at step 6.
- 6). Pull your shoelaces tight and make sure they are even lengths on both sides. Make one knot then twist the laces around each other three times. Wrap the laces around the back crossing just above the anklebone. Pull them back to cross in the front and then pull them back to cross a third time. After this third cross, pull the laces back to the front and tie either a bow or a double knot.
- 7). Pull your kilt all the way open behind you with the lining facing towards your body. Take the right strap over to your left and thread it through the hole in the kilt. Fasten the strap to the bucket that is on the outside of your kilt. Select a hole on the strap so that the strap is tight on your waist but not uncomfortable.
- 8
There should be 3 to 4 inches of leg showing between your socks and kilt.kilt image by lino beltrame from Fotolia.com
Fasten the kilt strap on your top right in a comfortable position. Then buckle the bottom right strap. - 9). Adjust your kilt so that it is flat and symmetrical along your body. Tuck your shirt neatly into your kilt.
- 10
Stretch your sporran (pouch) around your waist holding the sporran by the leather straps. Lace your sporran straps through the sporran loops at the back of the kilt. Buckle the sporran so that it hangs high on your kilt, not midway down. - 11
Put on and button up your vest. You can use the strap on the back of the vest to adjust the fit. Then put on your jacket. - 12
Slip your sgian dhubh (knife) into your right sock if you are right-handed or into your left sock if you are left-handed.
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