Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
Its interesting that your invitation gives a choice of dress and that sounds more like the old days! I don't go to Burns nights any more and have not done so for over 30 years, I could not develop a taste for haggis, or Mr Burns, and the events were getting more pretentious as time went on. I don't know if it was a Highland thing, but in my youth no one wore the kilt to a Burns do and we turned up in a sports jacket, or pullover and trousers of some sort, then suits crept in, then black ties turned up, then the kilt and black tie seemed to hi jack the event and the whole shooting match seemed to loose the plot! Well for me anyway. Have fun and have a wee dram for me!
you are right, its only in recent years that the kilt has become de rigeur for a Burns Night, but also wearing the kilt has been helped considerably by Lidl selling cheap outfits at affordable prices, a lot of my friends who never wore the kilt before because of the price are now kilted for occasions like these