With time more diverse kilt wearing

[Chef]

Admittedly I wear my black hose down with boots but still think that looks casual and smart without being formal. That's the kind of casual that I think should be encouraged

Why because that is what you like? That's your opinion and it is perfectly valid but it is by no means unversal.

And that goes back to what I said earlier - the very reason that the trousered majority will never switch to kilts for anything other than weddings or Ren Faires because they regard kilts as too stiff & formal.

That's fine by me. First I don't think anyone should wear a kilt to a renn faire, particularly a modern one. Second I would prefer the trousered majority not take up kilt wearing. the kilt symbolises much more to a great many people than just an alternative way to get dressed in the morning. If a proper kilt just becomes an alternative to pants then it lessens that meaning. I personally don't care what anyone wears with a utilikilt or their like because they are not representative of the same thing as a kilt, even if they are commonly called one.

I might be new to kilts but don't recall reading anywhere that they can only be worn by Sean Connery lookalikes for audiences with The Queen. They're far too comfortable to just be worn when wanting to look like a doll in an Edinburgh tourist shop ;)

You seem to be stuck on this idea of a PC worn with a kilt. While a kilt is, by many, saved for those occasions it is just as frequently worn with tweeds and sweaters or even a polo shirt to be more casual. The reason I don't wear t-shirts and flip-flops with a kilt is two-fold. First I rarely walk around in beach wear unless I am the beach and I wouldn't take a kilt to the beach. Second because of what the kilt symbolises to me I would never wear it in a way that I feel lessens that.