Quote Originally Posted by MacSpadger View Post
I think we may again have a cultural difference here. For many of us born and bred in Scotland I'd suggest that having more then one kilt and often, in more then one tartan might be comparable to having more than one identity, more than one home town, or, perhaps easier, supporting more than one football team.
Is it possible to support both the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears? Or the Washington Redskins' and the Dallas Cowboys?
That's why I asked about Utilikilts, Sport Kilts, etc, being an American everyday alternative to trousers, because, as far as I know, there's no inherent symbolism there. They might just be for people who either want to seek attention or don't like wearing trousers. I don't know, so that's why I asked.
Personally, I wear my contemporary kilt as an alternative to trousers or shorts. As with the discussion about the plastic octopus kilt pin, context is everything. So, sometimes even the Black Watch PV kilt is too dressed up for the ocassion. A recent example is work in a Habitat for Humanity construction site. I wore my heavy, duck cloth kilt for that event. I'll admit that I sometimes wear a kilt for attention because I want to be different. As Andy above writes, life is indeed short not to have fun and be fun. It's not that I don't like trousers, but that I prefer to go kilted at times for comfort, freedom, fun, function, attention, individualism, etc. To me, deciding to go kiltee is now no different than deciding whether to wear long- vs. short-sleeved shirt, dress vs. polo vs. T-shirt, slacks vs. denim jeans, etc. Perhaps one of these days, I'll be like some here who no longer have to decide on trousers or kilt, but simply select which kilt to wear.