OK gang, I posted earlier on the styles of wearing the kilt that I personally found important to me. I do not believe the same opinions or standards should be had by all. Life would be a real boring bummer.
I would not coordinate a pair of threadbare Levi's, worn out sneakers with a ruffled shirt, black bow tie, cummerbund, and dinner jacket and even dream of attending a formal event. Nor would I nip down to the corner grocer in full top hat and tails either. I feel that much the same applies to the wearing of the kilt. I respect the Scottish identity that the general public tends to favour on a kilt that has a plaid or tartan fabric, whether a ****-kilt or an Anderson full wool. If the kilt is of plain colour, whether in traditional knife pleat, fringed apron pocketless, or Utilikilt type with visible or hidden pockets, I treat it as an American garment, similar to cargo shorts, and wear it far more casually. This is only my take on it. I know of musicians that have decorated tartan kilts in a manner that reflects the "Punk" music movement. Some have posted here. That is their choice and I respect them for it. I enjoy wearing the tartan kilt in public. I have worn the other forms around the house and in the area. I have found that after a short period of constant kilt wearing, the kilt is a natural part of how I kit. It is now so natural that I do not have to think about it in public. I know with confidence that everything will be proper as I amble about my day kilted. Somehow I convey being a little more proud and confident of myself whilst kilted. That is how I honor my very diluted Scot heritage.
I respect whatever others do with theirs.
I will soon master being confident in a great kilt. I right now am practicing the pleating, belting and wearing using some cheap plaid fabric while around the house, before going out in public in real tartan.
I certainly will not be so disrespectful as to visit Glen Coe in a Campbell tartan.
----Steve