dings allow for even more customization. “A nice shirt, shoes or even linen pants and sandals can work better,” Garcia says. “Some also opt for tapered pants or even shoes-sans-socks. It makes it more fun.” When it comes to fun, Will and Meg Roberts—a couple that were married in 2025—are experts, and Will has the outfit to show for it. The couple held their wedding on a Christmas tree farm to a pirates and Princess Bride theme, followed by camping afterward. Will and his entourage sported black shirts and kilts adorned with accessories like traditional hose and flashings. But to him the kilt is more than a costume—it’s his family’s tartan, adding layers of meaning to the fun. “I was raised going to the Highland Games and embracing my Scottish heritage,” he says. “I knew since I was a kid I was going to wear my family kilt [at my wedding]. That’s my tartan. My clan.” Will’s kilt was passed down through his family over several years. He estimates that the kilt he wore was custom-made about 40 years ago, but the lore doesn’t stop there. Adornments to the kilt, like his leather belt, were handmade by Will, and the sporran—which acts as the pocket of the kilt—was made from a pig’s stomach hunted by Will’s father. The entourage didn’t all come from Scottish heritage, but Will knew how to find them. To support their friend during matrimony, they wore the Black Watch tartan. The blue, black and green colors are considered an “open” tartan, meaning that anyone can wear them, but also symbolize bravery to Scottish Highlanders. Historically, Will’s clan was recruited for the Black Watch—a military regiment that patrolled the Scottish Highlands as early as the 1700s. “We didn’t want something traditional, and I had an alternative,” Will says. Will still wears the same kilt for big events such as the Highland Games that he and his family attend in Scotland annually, along with four to five other big events that happen during the year. He also remains prideful enough to wear his kilt whenever he goes out to the bars with his friends. He says he felt a lot of that pride marrying Meg in his tartan surrounded by his family and friends. “I got to marry my wife in that and bring her into that family with all these people who were willing to support and dress up like that for me,” he says. He also says that several people— both family and friends—told the couple that it was unique and memorable for them as well. About 100 people attended Meg and Will’s wedding and the couple did much of the work themselves, not including catering. They consider themselves lucky to have gotten married in an environment that supported their unique lives as they entered this chapter together. “We wanted this to be our day. We’re not going to conform to what anyone else thinks or says. We just wanted to have a fun day with everyone around,” Will says, explaining that it doesn’t really matter what you wear to your wedding, as long as you’re happy with it. FASHION MICHAEL DADULA 40 THE BEST OF MONTEREY BAY ® WEDDING GUIDE 2026-2027 JEM SAN PEDRO grooms.indd 2 2/19/26 10:40 AM
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