Quote Originally Posted by O'Callaghan View Post
Welcome to our world!
To the limited extent that society lets men get away with something other than trousers we are beset with yet more rules.
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I suppose we are our own worst enemies. I admit to a sense of horror at the thought of wearing anything that would be labelled as female clothing.
You said it yourself, these are actually your rules for yourself, based on some nebulous perception of society. You already wear a kilt, which is outside the norm, why cling to other "rules" without examining them to see if they make sense to YOU?
There are no kilt police who will arrest you for having a kilt longer or shorter, just look at some of those ren fair pictures!

Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot View Post
Because of the fact that many credit the Highland regiments of the British Army for saving Highland attire after the Act of Proscription.
That is why you should care. It's a matter of simple respect.
Todd
Although it may look silly, how would having a different length of kilt be disrespectful, unless you were actually in the army at the time?
If changing the length of a civilian kilt is disrespectful, then what about changing other aspects? Are pockets in a kilt, or reverse kingussie pleating, or narrow aprons or contemporary sporrans disrespectful? Is wearing anything that doesn't exactly meet mess uniform standards disrespectful? Because if we are talking of breaking the dress code of the British Army as being a disrespectful thing for a civilian to do, that probably makes all contemporary kilts, all the beautiful Ferguson Britt Sporrans etc etc disrespectful...