Can it be Modern?

[Electrickilt]

Have been thinking about modern kilt wear and had a little time. Just some comparison pics.
Traditional:

Modern Take:

No Sporran:


Just throwing some ideas out.

[kc8ufv]

I like it. Your modern take almost looks a little bit steampunkish, in an understated way.

[CMcG]

The leather kilt sans sporran definitely takes the rest of the outfit squarely out of the traditional. Looks good!

[Nighthawk]

The leather kilt sans sporran definitely takes the rest of the outfit squarely out of the traditional. Looks good!

I agree. With the sporran, it's more of a semi-traditional look. I have to say that as a man who has embraced modern kilt wear, as well as traditional, I like it. I like it a lot, as a matter of fact.

[Jock Scot]

The leather kilt sans sporran definitely takes the rest of the outfit squarely out of the traditional. Looks good!

With or without the sporran the leather kilt in question, in my humble opinion, cannot in any way be described as traditional.For a start it has a pocket! Come on chaps don't let our already slipping standards slip any more! Nice perhaps, modern it is, historical maybe, traditional never! I think that the OP should be congratulated for being realistic.

Please let us not complicate things even more by using, yet another, heading of "semi-traditional", whatever that is supposed to mean.

[CMcG]

The leather kilt sans sporran definitely takes the rest of the outfit squarely out of the traditional. Looks good!

With or without the sporran the leather kilt in question, in my humble opinion, cannot in any way be described as traditional.For a start it has a pocket! Come on chaps don't let our already slipping standards slip any more! Nice it may be, modern it is, historical maybe, traditional never! I think that the OP should be congratulated for being realistic.

Please let us not complicate things even more by using, yet another, heading of "semi-traditional", whatever that is supposed to mean.

Sorry for not being clear enough Jock. I meant that the rest of his outfit still looks rather traditional. I agree that the leather kilt instantly makes it modern. That was in fact my point. By changing one item, an otherwise traditional outfit is made modern

[Jock Scot]

Sorry for not being clear enough Jock. I meant that the rest of his outfit still looks rather traditional. I agree that the leather kilt instantly makes it modern. That was in fact my point. By changing one item, an otherwise traditional outfit is made modern

I agree the top looks instantly recognisable as traditional and so does the kilt in the first picture. The other pictures do not rest easily in my mind as I think that the two styles do not mix well. Thank you for clearing that up.

To the OP, I say what I say not out of disrespect to your choices, but solely as an illustration for a subject of discussion and I hope that you understand that no criticism of you, or your attire, is intended in any way.

[Lyle1]

With or without the sporran the leather kilt in question, in my humble opinion, cannot in any way be described as traditional.For a start it has a pocket! Come on chaps don't let our already slipping standards slip any more! Nice perhaps, modern it is, historical maybe, traditional never! I think that the OP should be congratulated for being realistic.

Please let us not complicate things even more by using, yet another, heading of "semi-traditional", whatever that is supposed to mean.

The "slipping standards" comment was uncalled for. The opinions voiced here were not meant as a personal affront to you or to your perception of what is right or wrong, appropriate or inappropriate. This thread is posted in the Modern sub-forum. Can't you post here without reminding everyone that the opinions voiced here do not reflect the THD code?

[Jock Scot]

The "slipping standards" comment was uncalled for. The opinions voiced here were not meant as a personal affront to you or to your perception of what is right or wrong, appropriate or inappropriate. This thread is posted in the Modern sub-forum. Can't you post here without reminding everyone that the opinions voiced here do not reflect the THD code?

I actually was/am talking about the "definitions" and how they are applied.If you look at Trefor's post(posted before mine so I did not bring the subject of "traditional" up) he is of the opinion that the subject in question is "traditional", others are talking about "semi traditional" others are venturing their own opinion of which we are ALL entitled to voice. What I meant that the standards of the definitions are slipping NOT the standared of attire.

I hope that is now clear that I have meant no offence whatsoever and that has been recognised by the OP.

[English Bloke]

... Please let us not complicate things even more by using, yet another, heading of "semi-traditional", whatever that is supposed to mean.

Why don't we say semi-modern?

I'm not fond of the term "semi-traditional" either, as I'm also not fond of "semi-dress" when discussing sporrans. It either is, or it isn't. Nothing wrong with one or the other but I don't think there is a halfway house.

I wear a traditional Kilt in a non-traditional way (usually) so that takes me out of the category Traditional and Classic Highland Apparel and Style mostly. I think we can be on either side of the fence and switch between as the fancy takes, but we can't be on the fence. Sometimes I do wear my Kilt traditionally and delight in doing so but if you are not playing strictly by "the rules" when you turnout, then you are not Traditional.