My final contribution to the SIMply For Guys theme week next week is a set of kilts from my home country, Scotland. They are made in clan tartans (except for Black Watch which is a regiment not a clan but has a very famous tartan so I wanted to include a Black Watch kilt) and based on the Maxis Sims 1 and Sims 2 kilt textures and the Sims 2 kilt mesh.

In Scotland, Highland dress is mostly worn at formal occasions like weddings. The formal outfit would usually include a fancy shirt and bow tie but the Maxis mesh wouldn't allow me to do this and I had to go with an open necked shirt instead. Also the outer jacket would usually have long sleeves but the mesh has flared sleeves so I had to make the jacket's sleeves short over a long sleeved shirt. Apart from that, the outfit is pretty authentic with sporran, sgian dubh (literally, black knife - a dagger kept in the sock), kilt hose, matching flashes (sock garters), leather brogues (shoes), belt buckle with thistle motif and lucky heather bottonhole. I have made kilts in the following tartans, for no other reason than that I like the colours: Alexander, Black Watch, Crawford, MacBeth, MacDuff, MacFarlane and Wallace.