My oh my! The interesting things that come up when I'm away a day or two. Well, I'll just charge in here if I may. A few years ago, when I was at a music conservatory, one of the guiding priciples was "learn the rules, only then can you break them effectively and with conviction"! I sense that several of these posts are alluding to this. If you know what the "rule" is and want to change/challenge it with "authority", go for it. If you want to wear your kilt longer/shorter than convention and have a reason or explanation (even if it's just "cause I like it") then great. Go for it. If you're out there struting your stuff with a kilt that's longer/shorter than the norm out of ignorance that's a whole 'nother story. There are plenty of us out there looking for guidance, making mistakes because we're doing something new. We need support and assistance. There are some out there that are "too good" or too self-important to be bothered learning about the "proper" (if there truely is such a thing) length to wear the kilt but expect to be admired in spite of their ignorance. They deserve all the scorn they can find. That goes double for the morons that wear their kilts backwards. It all comes down to attitude, I suppose.

(deep breath, check pulse, get down off of soap box)

Jamie