I am reminded of the picture in the HRH Duke of Rothesay thread that features a picture of the young HRH standing near a certain US president with the initials DDE.

While a current individual might bring that same suit out of mothballs and wear it to dinner tonight, there are two things to consider.

1. While it was a modern up to date suit when DDE was photographed in it, and is still a dark well tailored business suit, we might be inclined to label it as traditional, but/ and/ or vintage.

2. Very few people on the planet have tailors that good. That same suit would not look as good on me or you as it did on DDE because it was very very well tailored.

FWIW I think of "traditional" kiltwear as a tartan kilt in any of the generally accepted styles (8 yard knife pleat, 17 yard box pleat, whatever) worn in a way that looks smashing. The lapel widths we wear over the generations change. The width of our ties changes with the tides. The hose colors available change with each new generation of chemist in the dye laboratory. Shoe fashions change regularly as well.

But even with different accessories in their closets, each of CMcG, Jock, Matt, HRH Duke of Rothesay and so on back through the years manage to make the kilt look great, and look great themselves doing it.