That was me that had that thought process with Graham... about the plain kilts in North America.

That all came from a discussion with two members at Lyon. In preparing for my research, we meandered into the topic of UtiliKilts and AmeriKilts. That flew into the "legitimacy" of them being called kilts. But that's another subject, and one that is too heated for Scottish traditionalists, Nordic historians, or Italian designers.

We all agreed that the neo-American kilt is a growing and essential garment... for whatever they're called. It expands the base of wearers and opens-up the trend to non-tartan folks. There's still some who consider tartan kilts to be just for Girls at Catholic Schools. There will always be a place for the plain kilts... just like casuals.