Quote Originally Posted by Thomas H View Post
What if some one took all the info from the X marks the Scot and Made a Big book of the do's and dont's of the KILT!! I would buy that ,They could make it a soft back book and sell it at the Games.
Indeed, but as others have indicated, there are as many opinions as people wearing the kilt. I know that it is important for people wearing any form of dress to be confident that they are wearing it "correctly". Particularly if it is a form of dress to which they are really not familiar. As long as they are not wearing it with the pleats to the front, however, everything else is a matter of taste. Which reminds me of a limerick
"And they argued all night
About who had the right
To do what, and with which, and to whom"

I won't expand upon it as it is not in the best possible taste (in common with most limericks) but suffice it to say that what I think is how the kilt should be worn is not the same as my sons or their contemporaries think. What I see as poor taste, they revel in and what I regard as traditional, they reject as is the way between generations, and probably always has been.
Getting back to the original subject of Balmoral bonnets and the pros and cons of wearing feathers, I regard anyone with a bunch of feathers in his Balmoral as a bit of a poser, an attention-seeking individual who deserves a condescending smile - no more. I would defend his right to do so to my last breath, however.