Contemporary Kilts -- a Visual guide....

[Jock Scot]

This was on Freemont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada... hot day, bright sun so the bonnet protects my very bald head from sunburn, I never go out without a hat. I was actually wearing some oxford shoes the day before but they hurt my feet, hence the hiking boots [much more comfy]. The context was a reunion with my shipmates from the US Navy and the events were all very casual. That day I encountered a few other kilted people and we were all similarly attired.
Rondo

In that case your comfy boots have tipped the scales away from THCD. It is these wee details that define these things and many will say so what? Well, you dressed for comfort and you are happy with that and in day to day REAL life, it matters not one jot, most of the time, whether you are wearing your kilt attire as modern contemporary, or THCD. BUT IT DOES, on a kilt website when trying to explain the minute details to kilt enthusiasts that want to understand the finer points of kilt attire and the why's and wherefores of the what's, when's and where's of kilt attire. These details do actually matter, even today, in some circumstances, so this knowledge is relevant to some on some occasions, particularly when we consider the kilt and appropriate attire in traditional form has its roots placed fimly in another culture, when compared to saxon attire. The problem comes when modern contemporary enters the equation.

I realise this is a modern contemporary kilt thread in a modern contemporary kilt forum and THCD is not really under discussion. BUT your picture and Steve's bring us to the difficulty of coming up with helpful definitions and maybe the imperfect but quick "20 yard,blink of an eye" test may just help. Now The MUG and utility style kilts and tartan kilts with outside cargo pockets leave, I think, no doubt that they are modern and contemporary. So it seems the dreaded "grey areas" are still with us. So understanding what we are looking at and the why's and wherfore's are details that we cannot escape on the path to greater understanding of our pet subject, the kilt.