To kilt in modern north american society

[Tarheel]

I too have found that our community is some what receptive to heritage clothing. However here at the Univ. of Miss. the foreign students wear modern American clothes to socially fit in. When I wear my kilt out and about, there is a revival of customary clothes for a while and then things return to jeans and t-shirts quickly. I don't feel peer pressure or disapproval to my being kilted (except that my wife still doesn't like it). But I believe a trend could be established if more men wore kilts often.

[Roderick Powell]

I too have found that our community is some what receptive to heritage clothing. However here at the Univ. of Miss. the foreign students wear modern American clothes to socially fit in. When I wear my kilt out and about, there is a revival of customary clothes for a while and then things return to jeans and t-shirts quickly. I don't feel peer pressure or disapproval to my being kilted (except that my wife still doesn't like it). But I believe a trend could be established if more men wore kilts often.

Tarheel. I feel the answer is to avoid peer pressure and ignore the low life. I wear the kilt correctly with an Argyll Day jacket which is warm and has lots of pockets. If one dresses to a fashion others do not understand my maxim is that if I am confident folks will leave me alone. There is a difference between wearing fancy dress and wearing practical comfortable clothes. Kilties ignore current traditional clothes and wear clothes which were worn a hundred years ago.
I have found that by disciplining myself to only wear the Kilt for leisure wear I can project myself forward into a routine of dress. If I try to wear the Kilt as work wear, In my case ,boats and commercial fishing I get into a bog with my own risk assessment. I feel this is where the problem lies. If I wear the Kilt the fishermen Know I am not intending to work.
If they do not know the way I wear the Kilt for leisure, they cannot challenge my motives for wearing the kilt.
We are getting into the historical problems the foundary worker had wearing the Great Kilt in an Iron Foundary in
Scotland. Hope this helps you project yourself forward in your chosen direction. Roderick